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- Publisher
- Brill
- Copyright
- Copyright 2014 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
- ISSN
- 1477-8351
- eISSN
- 1745-5227
- DOI
- 10.1163/17455227-13110203
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
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.
Journal
Aramaic Studies – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2013
Keywords: spirit of prophecy; Holy Spirit; Targum Jonathan; Targum Onqelos; Targum Neofiti; Fragmentary Targum; Targum Pseudo-Jonathan; Palestinian targums; dating of the targums