Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 November 2023
Scholars and students of the Bible have explored the nature and limits of biblical inspiration in detail, but the moral inspiration of humans by God has received relatively little attention. The latter neglect is striking, because such divine inspiration of humans is arguably a source of robust unity for biblical theology. This chapter contends that the moral inspiration of humans by God seeks to build a divine commonwealth of righteous relationships. It accommodates the following definition of “inspiration” from the OED: “A special immediate action or influence of the Spirit of God (or of some divinity or supernatural being) upon the human mind or soul.”
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