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Line 23: == Terms and opinions == {{see also\|Biblical inspiration\|Biblical infallibility\|Biblical literalism\|Biblical authority\|Criticism of the Bible\|Internal consistency of the Bible\|Science and the Bible\|The Bible and history}} The word ''inerrancy'' is formed from the word ''inerrant'', from the Latin ''inerrāntem'', (being in- + errāntem the present participle of errāre to err or wander). It is defined by the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] as "That does not err; free from error; unerring."<ref>''Oxford English Dictionary''.</ref> Another word often~~-used~~ ~~adjective~~used to characterize the Bible is "infallible". From dictionary definitions, Frame (2002) insists that this is a stronger term than "inerrant". "'Inerrant' means there are no errors; 'infallible' means there ''can be'' no errors".<ref>Frame, John M. "Is the Bible Inerrant?" IIIM Magazine Online, Volume 4, Number 19, May 13 to May 20, 2002 [http://reformedperspectives.org/files/reformedperspectives/theology/TH.Frame.inerrancy.html]</ref> Yet he agrees that "modern theologians insist on redefining that word also, so that it actually says less than 'inerrancy. '" [[Harold Lindsell\|Lindsell]] (1978) states that "The very nature of inspiration renders the Bible infallible, which means that it cannot deceive us. It is inerrant in that it is not false, mistaken, or defective".<ref>[[Harold Lindsell\|Lindsell, Harold]]. ''The Battle for the Bible. '' Zondervan, 1978, p.31. ISBN 978-0-310-27681-4</ref> According to H. Chaim Schimmel, [[Judaism]] had never promulgated a belief in the literal word of the [[Hebrew Bible]], hence the co-existence of the [[Oral Torah]].<ref>Schimmel, H. Chaim, ''The Oral Law: The rabbinic contribution to Torah Shebe'al Peh'', 2nd, revised ed., Feldheim Publishers, Jerusalem, 1996, pp.19-21</ref>

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