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The visible results of the activity of the Holy Spirit are the books of the Bible, all of which are believed (in Jewish tradition) to have been composed under its inspiration. All the Prophets spoke "in the Holy Spirit"; and the most characteristic sign of the presence of the Holy Spirit is the gift
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Although the Holy Spirit is often named instead of God, it was conceived as being something distinct. The Spirit was among the ten things that were created on the first day. Though the nature of the Holy Spirit is really nowhere described, the name indicates that it was conceived as a kind of wind
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The Holy Spirit rested not only on the children of Israel who crossed the Red Sea, but, toward the end of the time of the Second Temple, occasionally on common people; for "if they are not prophets, they are at least the sons of prophets". The Holy Spirit is at times identified with the spirit of
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like a bell. When the Holy Spirit was resting upon him, his hair gave forth a sound like a bell, which could be heard from afar. It imbued him with such strength that he could uproot two mountains and rub them together like pebbles, and could cover leagues at one step.
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remained available to the sages. Although the Holy Spirit was not continually present, and did not rest for any length of time upon any individual, yet there were cases in which it appeared and made knowledge of the past and of the future possible.
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The Holy Spirit dwells only among a worthy generation, and the frequency of its manifestations is proportionate to the worthiness. There was no manifestation of it in the time of the Second Temple, while there were many during the time of
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of prophecy, in the sense that the person upon whom it rests beholds the past and the future. With the death of the last three prophets (Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi), the Holy Spirit ceased to manifest itself in Israel, and only the
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Whereas the verb shakan and terms from the root škn occur in the Hebrew Scriptures, and while the term shekhinah/shekhinta is extremely common in rabbinic literature and the targums, no occurrence of it is attested in pre-rabbinic
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2002 p65 "Only Psalm 51, which contains no less than four occurrences of the word, im, permits the identification of the holy spirit with the human spirit.13 Three references occur in close succession in this psalm (51:10-12; MT
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is often referred to instead of the Holy Spirit. It is said of the former, as of the Holy Spirit, that it rests upon a person. The difference between the two in such cases has not yet been determined.
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it is stated, "the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing," the expression "behind me" characterizing the unusual nature of the noise. The Shekhinah made a noise before
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was sold, the Holy Spirit left Jacob, who saw and heard only indistinctly. When the Temple was destroyed and Israel went into exile, the Holy Spirit returned to heaven; this is indicated in
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Frequently, in rabbinical literature, a single Biblical verse is described as having been spoken by the Holy Spirit (for example, verses in which God speaks in the first person).
1320:) the Holy Spirit" suggests that he upon whom the spirit rested saw a light. The Holy Spirit gleamed in the court of Shem, of Samuel, and of King Solomon. It "glimmered" in 2066:
Sifre Numbers 86; Tosefta Sotah 9:5; Sifre Deuteronomy 355 (six times); Genesis Rabbah 75:8, 84:12; Leviticus Rabbah 4:1 , 14:2, 27:2; Numbers Rabbah 15:21; 17:2, end;
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Isaiah 42:1 "Behold My servant, I will support him, My chosen one, whom My soul desires; I have placed My spirit upon him, he shall promulgate justice to the nations."
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In Biblical times the Holy Spirit was widespread, resting on those who, according to the Bible, displayed a propitious activity; thus it rested on
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What the Bible generally calls "Spirit of God" is called in the Talmud and Midrash "Holy Spirit" due to the disinclination to the use of the
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12:7: "the spirit shall return unto God". The spirit talks sometimes with a masculine and sometimes with a feminine voice, as the word
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Alan Unterman and Rivka Horowitz, Ruach ha-Kodesh, Encyclopedia Judaica (CD-ROM Edition, Jerusalem: Judaica Multimedia/Keter, 1997).
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Although the lights which accompanied the noise are not expressly mentioned, the frequently recurring phrase "he beheld (
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is both masculine and feminine, the Holy Spirit was conceived as being sometimes a man and sometimes a woman.
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Variations of a similar term, "spirit of God", also appear in various places in the Hebrew Bible. The Hebrew
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the Holy Spirit will be poured out equally upon Jews and pagans, both men and women, freemen and slaves.
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Targum and Testament Revisited: Aramaic Paraphrases of the Hebrew Bible: A Light on the New Testament
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of a Hebrew word meaning "dwelling" or "settling" and denotes the dwelling or settling of the divine
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was deposed from office as High Priest when he was deserted by the Holy Spirit without which the
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literature. In some cases it signifies prophetic inspiration, while in others it is used as a
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Joel 2:28 "I will pour out My spirit on all flesh; Your sons and daughters shall prophesy."
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Isaiah 44:3 "So will I pour My spirit on your offspring, My blessing upon your posterity."
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32:4, "nitzotzah" and "hetzitz"; compare also Leviticus Rabbah 8:2, "hitkhil le-gashgesh"
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Trans. M. Friedländer. 2nd ed. New York: Dover Publications, 1956. pp. 242-244. Print.
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This article is about the term in Judaism. For the Holy Spirit in Christianity, see
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for God. The rabbinical understanding of the Holy Spirit has a certain degree of
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Compare Seder Olam, 1, beginning; Targum Yerushalmi to Genesis 41:38, 43:14;
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1 Samuel 16:13 "and the spirit of the LORD gripped David from that day on."
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Maimonides, Moses. Part II, Ch. 45: "The various classes of prophets."
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Fashion a pure heart for me, O God; create in me a steadfast spirit (
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contains a triple parallelism between different types of "spirit":
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Psalm 143:10 "Let Your gracious spirit lead me on level ground."
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over the universe or over God's creatures, in given contexts.
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Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages 45,2 (2019), 51–78.
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3:13, the statement is made (perhaps as a polemic against
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that became manifest through noise and light. As early as
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The opposite of the Holy Spirit is the impure spirit (
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Genesis 1:2 "a wind from God sweeping over the water"
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