RT Article
T1 Rûaḥ in the Hebrew Bible: A Survey of Past Scholarship
JF Currents in biblical research
VO 22
IS 2
SP 115
OP 132
A1 Carlson, Reed
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1884168345
AB The term rûaḥ (plural: rûḥôt) is usually translated into English as ‘wind’, ‘breath’, or ‘spirit’. With such a wide semantic range, scholars have debated the meteorological, anthropological, and theological nuances of the term. This article surveys five themes in the history of that scholarship: (1) diachronic approaches to mapping the meaning of rûaḥ; (2) attempts to track two modes of rûaḥ: the so-called life-giving vs. empowering aspects; (3) distinctions between the meanings of rûaḥ and nepeš; (4) the functions of rûaḥ in designating ecstatic experience; and (5) the role of rûaḥ-language in describing notions of human subjectivity and moral agency.
K1 nepeš
K1 rûaḥ
K1 Subjectivity
K1 cultural Anthropology
K1 Prophecy
K1 Religious Experience
K1 Ecstasy
K1 Spirit Possession
K1 Spirit
K1 Second Temple Judaism
K1 Old Testament
K1 Hebrew Bible
DO 10.1177/1476993X241234908