Hebrew mind vs. Greek mind

[arapahoepark]

Is it a false dichotomy? What is an argument or two against the notion that one is narrative and the other systematic? What about Hebrew block logic?

 

[Philip]

The fact that narratives are a kind of system and systems are a kind of narrative.

 

[chuckd]

I think people can relate and learn better by narrative vs. intellectually. We are not primarily thinking creatures, but imaginative ones.

Is such and such a sin?
Greek: here is an argument as to how it is a sin.
Hebrew: let me tell you a story.

 

[a mere housewife]

Some of the toweringly greatest narrative literature is Greek.

 

[Alan D. Strange]

James Barr, former Regius Professor of Hebrew at Oxford (and no friend to evangelicalism), has properly exploded the Hebrew mind v. Greek mind myth. While there are certainly differences of various sorts that might be noted between the mindset of the Semites of the ANE and the Greeks of Aristotle's day, for instance, a human mind is a human mind, employing both narrative and system, as several have noted here.

You may wish to check out Barr's work with respect to this question as it is considered rather decisive by a wide range of scholars.

Peace,
Alan

 

[arapahoepark]

James Barr, former Regius Professor of Hebrew at Oxford (and no friend to evangelicalism), has properly exploded the Hebrew mind v. Greek mind myth. While there are certainly differences of various sorts that might be noted between the mindset of the Semites of the ANE and the Greeks of Aristotle's day, for instance, a human mind is a human mind, employing both narrative and system, as several have noted here.

You may wish to check out Barr's work with respect to this question as it is considered rather decisive by a wide range of scholars.

Peace,
Alan

What is the name of the work? Or is it easily found via google?