# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-barr
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:18:31.724Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-barr"
name: "James Barr"
slug: "james-barr"
description: "James Barr was a Scottish Old Testament scholar, known for his critique of the notion that the vocabulary and structure of the Hebrew language may reflect a particular theological mindset. At the University of Oxford, he was the Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture from 1976 to 1978, and the Regius Professor of Hebrew from 1978 to 1989."
tagline: "British bible scholar (1924-2006)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1924-03-20"
deathDate: "2006-10-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.619324430479182
  historical:           6.354861333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "چيمس بار (لغوى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Barr_(Theologe)"
    title: "James Barr (Theologe)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Barr_(biblical_scholar)"
    title: "James Barr (biblical scholar)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1_(%D9%BE%DA%98%D9%88%D9%87%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%B1_%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3)"
    title: "جیمز بار (پژوهشگر کتاب مقدس)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C%EC%9E%84%EC%8A%A4_%EB%B0%94"
    title: "제임스 바"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A9%B9%E5%A7%86%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E5%B7%B4%E7%88%BE_(%E8%81%96%E7%B6%93%E5%AD%B8%E8%80%85)"
    title: "詹姆斯·巴爾 (聖經學者)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump