A high view of the doctrine of biblical inspiration does not preclude the writer’s privilege to quote at random from outside sources. Christopher Green keeps the matter in perspective when he suggests that ‘Jude’s quotations mean neither that we should include his sources in our Bibles nor that we should exclude his letter from our Bibles.’ The bottom line is that Jude is answering the claims of the false teachers from their own preferred material. They extract the deliciously juicy bits they want