There were different literary forms that came under the various cultural human influences. Literary criticism means the various applications that people have used to investigate any kind of literature. The study of the use of language and style to obtain meaning has helped to reestablish the unity, the beauty, the integrity, the quality, and the meaning and significance of biblical literature. Many subcategories of literary criticism also exist. An examination of the use of language and literary style shows how these human authors established their meanings. The formal scientific study of human language involves the application of some aspects of modern linguistics. Structuralism is an attempt to discover underlying deep patterns of universal meaning and significance.
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Inspiration
These human authors worked under the influence of God’s Spirit. Yet at the same time, they were under the influence of their community and culture. Why were these stories and words used? Christians believe that the biblical phrases are God’s words in human terms in content and message. These writers believed that what they were writing was inspired by God.
Human Authors
The Bible is the record of the Hebrew people and early Christians. These human authors worked under the influence of God’s Spirit and at the same time under the influence of their community and culture. Why these words? Christians believe that this is God’s meaning in human words in content and message. The cultural history and empirical science was true for their particular time. History is always an interpretation. Science is always experimenting finding new ways to do things. The divine message of God transcends time and space, since it has an eternal ring to it that goes beyond the human authors and their words.
The Word of God
In what sense is the Bible “the word of God”? Certainly, the Bible was written by humans. However, there are a number of times when the human authors were citing the words of God himself. Sometimes these are called oracles or sayings of God. This series of books portray humans interacting with God. God wants them to do something and then the humans react. The Bible contains words about God and words of God himself spoken to humans. Thus, we can say that the Bible is the inspired words of God in human terms.
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