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Few biblical books are regarded by scholars as the product of a single individual; all the books of the Hebrew Bible have been edited and revised to produce the work known today. The following article outlines the conclusions of the majority of contemporary scholars, along with the traditional views, both Jewish and Christian. ==Divine authorship== Jews, Samaritans, and Christians have, in different ways, regarded the Bible as being the "Word of God", or as having been authored by the Jewish/Christian God. In many Christian liturgies, the words "This is the word of the Lord" will follow a Scripture reading. As Saint Thomas Aquinas stated, "The author of Holy Scripture is God".〔"Quod auctor sacrae Scripturae est Deus". Thomas Aquinas, ''Summa Theologica'', (Article 10 ).〕 Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) asserts that the Bible's authority depends "wholly upon God (who is truth itself), the Author thereof; and therefore it is to be received, because it is the Word of God".〔Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter I, Paragraph iv.〕 A few of the books of the Minor Prophets claim divine origin, as well as the book's transmission through a human prophet. has (possibly as a heading), "The word of the Lord that came to Hosea son of Beeri...", while Joel, Micah and Zephaniah all commence in a similar fashion. James L. Mays suggests that it was the theological understanding of the final redactor that the book as a whole is the "word of Yahweh". There is some debate as to how the word of God may have been transmitted to the authors. The usual position held in modern Christian theology is that the word was inspired by God, while there are some who believe that God verbally dictated the word to those who recorded it (this being the position held by Orthodox Jews regarding the Torah, the holiest part of the Jewish Bible). Many evangelicals in particular appeal to as indicating the Bible's divine authorship. In the ESV translation, this reads "All Scripture is breathed out by God...", while the NIV renders it "All Scripture is God-breathed..." Robert L. Reymond argues that Paul was "asserting the divine origin of the entirety of Scripture", although Paul was specifically referring to the Old Testament. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Authorship of the Bible」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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