Creationists cite [[James Barr]], regius professor of Hebrew at [[Oxford University]], who wrote in 1984 the following: "… probably, so far as I know, there is no professor of Hebrew or Old Testament at any world-class university who does not believe that the writer(s) of Genesis 1–11 intended to convey to their readers the ideas that: … the figures contained in the Genesis genealogies provided by simple addition a chronology from the beginning of the world up to later stages in the biblical story.’" [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/1606/] It should be noted Barr also wrote a book attacking biblical inerrancy. [http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=1786] | Creationists cite [[James Barr]], regius professor of Hebrew at [[Oxford University]], who wrote in 1984 the following: "… probably, so far as I know, there is no professor of Hebrew or Old Testament at any world-class university who does not believe that the writer(s) of Genesis 1–11 intended to convey to their readers the ideas that: … the figures contained in the Genesis genealogies provided by simple addition a chronology from the beginning of the world up to later stages in the biblical story.’" [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/1606/] It should be noted Barr also wrote a book attacking biblical inerrancy. [http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=1786] |