The Use of the Expressions ‘Prophetic Spirit’ and ‘Holy Spirit’ in the Targum and the Dating of the Targums
Among different expressions used by the targums to translate the Hebrew word meaning ‘spirit’, the terms ‘prophetic spirit’ and ‘Holy Spirit’ stand out. I will try to demonstrate (contra P. Schäfer, ‘Die Termini “Heiliger Geist” und “Geist der Prophetie” in den Targumim und das Verhältnis der Targu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2013
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Aramaic studies
Year: 2013, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 167-186 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Morphology (Linguistics)
/ Morphosyntax
/ Aramaic language
/ Targum
/ Bible
/ Translation
/ Rabbinic literature
/ Spirit
/ Holy Spirit
/ rūaḥ
/ Prophecy
/ Semantics
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| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible HB Old Testament TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
| Further subjects: | B
spirit of prophecy
Holy Spirit
Targum Jonathan
Targum Onqelos
Targum Neofiti
Fragmentary Targum
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan
Palestinian targums
dating of the targums
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| Summary: | Among different expressions used by the targums to translate the Hebrew word meaning ‘spirit’, the terms ‘prophetic spirit’ and ‘Holy Spirit’ stand out. I will try to demonstrate (contra P. Schäfer, ‘Die Termini “Heiliger Geist” und “Geist der Prophetie” in den Targumim und das Verhältnis der Targumim zueinander’, VT 20 (1970), pp. 304–314) that both terms often have a basis in the Hebrew text (namely, the word רוח), that both can have a similar relationship to prophecy and that the expression ‘Holy Spirit’ is as old as ‘prophetic spirit’ or even older. I will also outline the semantic contexts that underlie the use of one or other expression, which has nothing to do with the antiquity of either term. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5227 |
| Contains: | In: Aramaic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/17455227-13110203 |