INSPIRATION OF THE BIBLE:
both CHRISTIANS and JEWS believe that the HEBREW BIBLE
was written under the influence of the SPIRIT OF GOD and possess AUTHORITY for faith and
practice. This concept was extended to the writings of the NEW TESTAMENT by
Christians. BIBLICAL CRITICISM practically destroyed belief in verbal inspiration and put
an unbearable intellectual strain on belief in plenary inspiration. All but
FUNDAMENTALISTS were willing to concede that there are errors and contradictions in the
text of the BIBLE as we know it today.