"#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"
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James Barr
Rev. Professor James Barr (20 March 1924 – 14 October 2006) was a Scottish Old Testament scholar.
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