Yes, but in the Jewish Milieu, Spirits were seen as Evil manifestations (See: Samuel). Ecclesiastes provides a Base from which the Jewish Members could reason. "You are your Body" and so you return to dust at the end of your life. Platonism was imposed and the Resurrection of the Dead played out in the minds and actions of the various people, Folk and otherwise.davidmartin wrote: ↑Tue Sep 08, 2020 6:06 am CW i think peasant Jews with a folk understanding of spirituality would absolutely be aware that there is a holy spirit
this is a hallmark of indigenous and rural peoples to believe in this kind of spiritual reality as is seen to this day
i struggle to see why people seek the origins of Christianity in any kind of learned scholarship when all the evidence points to the countryside which don't get me wrong is just as valid as any other outlook!
The Approved Religious Practices were given and the Galilee was given to the Priests to provide Settlements for them. The Mishmarot Temple Service was the Cornerstone of the expression of the Jewish Religion. There were Calendar Wars and at Qumran you may find Documents that detailed how these "Rural" fighters were going to Institute the Divine Solar Calendar when they took over. They kept track of the corrupt Jerusalem Rulers and their Luni-Solar Calendar by following the Mishmarot Rotations (See: Eisenmann and Wise, Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered).
I ain't arguin' here. It is certainly possible that peasant Jews (In a Non-Pejorative sense!!!) would have had an idea of A Holy Spirit. I don't think it highly possible that the HS of the NT is in any way this HS. Transvaluation and all that.
You could be right. The History, however, would have to be unpacked - "Who you callin' a peasant - Tiny?"
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