Curt,
The proper understanding of the inspiration of the Bible is called "verbal plenary inspiration." That is, God inspired not only the concepts, but the words (verbal), and not only some of the words, but all of the words (plenary - full)
Here is a very good - but VERY technical - article from B.B. Warfield on
[u:131654a371]The Meaning of Theopneustos[/u:131654a371]
A more readable treatment by Boettner can be found at:
http://www.reformed.org/bible/boettner/inspire.html
Perhaps even better is this from E.J. Young:
http://www.the-highway.com/scripture_Young.html
Here are some other good and (mostly) short articles:
http://www.girs.com/library/theology...us/inspir.html http://www.christianobserver.org/Bel...on/Belgic3.htm http://www.bible.org/docs/theology/biblio/inspdoct.htm http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/ar...spiration.html http://www.ariel.org/ff00037c.html http://www.bible.org/docs/qa/qa.asp?StudyID=146
You can also go to any standard systematic theology text (whether Dispensational or reformed, it does not matter here) and look at the section on inspiration.
I hope that helps.