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- Although the phrase Ru'aḥ ha-Kodesh occurs in the Bible (cf. Ps. 51:13; Isa 63:10), its specific connotation as divine inspiration is wholly post-biblical. In rabbinic thought it is the spirit of prophecy which comes from God, a divine inspiration giving man an insight into the future and into the will of God.
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The term "holy spirit" appears three times in the Hebrew Bible: Psalm 51 refers to "Your holy spirit" (ruach kodshecha) [3] and Isaiah refers twice to "His holy spirit" (ruach kodsho). [ 4 ] Psalm 51 contains a triple parallelism between different types of "spirit":
Aug 30, 2016 · The word “kodesh” comes from the word “kadosh” that means “holy.”. Ru•ach Ha•ko•désh is mentioned 55 times in the New Testament. In the Old Testament it is mentioned 23 times, but in a different form: “Ru•ach Adonai,” the Spirit of God.
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To *Philo also the Divine Spirit is that which inspires the prophet to prophecy. In De Specialibus Legibus(4:49) he writes that: "no pronouncement of a prophet is ever his own; he is an interpreter prompted by Another in all his utterances, when knowing not what he does he is filled with inspiration, as the reason withdraws and surrenders the citadel of the soul to a new visitor and tenant, the Divine Spirit (τὄυ θείου πνεύματος) which plays upon the vocal organism and dictates words which cl...
The concept of Holy Spirit (Ruaḥ Ha-Kodesh) is intrinsically connected to medieval Jewish philosophical approaches to prophecy. Essentially one can find two different yet related usages of this concept, as can already be seen by Philo. It may refer to a separate entity which is the source of prophecy, as well as other forms of divine providence; it...
The concept of the Holy Spirit is of central importance in Hermann *Cohen's last book Die Religion der Vernunft aus den Quellen des Judentums(1929, pp. 116–30). Objecting to Philo's conception of the Logos as an independent being intermediate between God and man, he maintains that the Holy Spirit characterizes the correlation between God and man. H...
G.F. Moore, Judaism, 3 vols. (1927–30), index, s.v.Holy Spirit; A. Marmorstein, Studies in Jewish Theology (1950), 122–44; A.J. Heschel, Torah min ha-Shamayim be-Aspaklaryah shel ha-Dorot, 2 vols. (1962–65). add. bibliography: A. Altmann, Studies in Religious Philosophy and Mysticism (1969), 140–60; H. Kreisel, Prophecy: The History of an Idea in M...
The Hebrew terms ruacḥ qodshəka, "thy holy spirit" (רוּחַ קָדְשְׁךָ), and ruacḥ qodshō, "his holy spirit" (רוּחַ קָדְשׁוֹ), also occur (when a possessive suffix is added the definite article ha is dropped). The Holy Spirit in Judaism generally refers to the divine aspect of prophecy and wisdom.
This page surveys the Hebrew Names and Titles for God the Holy Spirit, Ruach Hako'desh, as found in the Brit Chadashah. They are listed in alphabetical order, with the Hebrew spelling, common transliteration, and English phonetics following.
Nov 12, 2024 · In Hebrew, the word for spirit is ruach and in Greek, the word is pneuma. These words can refer to the Holy Spirit, the human spirit, or the breath of life. In Genesis 25:8, the phrase translated as gave up the ghost in the KJV does not use the word ruach.
May 19, 2013 · (Required) In Hebrew, starting with the Bible and continuing to this day, ru’aḥ has the two meanings of “spirit” and “wind.”
