Psychological Understanding
Definition
The view (from Latin verbum, ‘word’) that Scripture was dictated by God and written word for word, making God the sole author and man a mechanical recorder. Rejected because God never destroys human freedom and personality.
Episodes
Related Concepts
- Mechanistic Inspiration Verbalism
Biblical References
- Deuteronomy 31:9, 26-27 — *Then Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the Levitical priests, who carry the ark of the Lord’s covenant, and to all Israel’s elders. “Take this scroll of the law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the *
- Joshua 24:26 — *Joshua wrote these words in the Law Scroll of God. He then took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the Lord’s sanctuary. *
- 1 Samuel 10:25 — *Then Samuel talked to the people about how the kingship would work. He wrote it all down on a scroll and set it before the Lord. Then Samuel sent all the people away to their homes. *
- Proverbs 25:1 — *These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of King Hezekiah of Judah copied: *
- 2 Chronicles 34:14 — *When they took out the silver that had been brought to the Lord’s temple, Hilkiah the priest found the law scroll the Lord had given to Moses. *
- Isaiah 36:16 — Don’t listen to Hezekiah!’ For this is what the king of Assyria says, ‘Send me a token of your submission and surrender to me. Then each of you may eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,