Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Jim West <jwest AT highland.net>]

there is none.  the concept of "inspiration" is a completely christian 
notion- and the Hebrew Bible says nothing of it.

Best,

Jim


Kevin Riley wrote:

> A question raised by a recent [and now ended] discussion: is there any
> clear evidence in the Hebrew scriptures or in Hebrew writings from *before*
> the exile that give us a clear picture of how the ancient Hebrews perceived
> inspiration [or whatever you want to call the process of God causing the
> scriptures to be written].  It seems to be assumed that they viewed
> inspiration in one of the ways we do, yet I wonder if we have any evidence
> of that, and if so what it is?  I don't want a reply  that tells me what
> inspiration is, or to start a discussion on which current view is correct -
> just what actual original evidence we have for an ancient Hebrew
> understanding of it.
>
> Kevin Riley
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