19.1 The Quest / The Book God Breathed proposes that if God is in any way actively involved with humanity, if God has in some mysterious way and to any degree whispered unutterable realities of truth, beauty and goodness into the soul of a biblical writer, then God may be affirmed, contrary to Marcus Borg, as the ultimate source of Scripture. The meaning of inspiration and its significance for the spiritual life is examined and the modern fundamentalist doctrine of inerrancy critiqued.