Editing Paraclete (section)

== In Judaism ==
[[Philo]] speaks several times of "paraclete" advocates primarily in the sense of human intercessors.

The word later went from [[Hellenistic Judaism|Hellenistic Jewish]] writing into [[rabbinic literature]].<ref>For a summary of rabbinical usage see [http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=64&letter=P Jewish Encyclopedia 1914 "Paraclete"]</ref>

Other words are used to translate the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] word {{lang|he|מְנַחֵם}} {{Lang|he-latn|mənaḥḥēm}} 'comforter' and {{lang|he|מליץ יושר}} {{Lang|he-latn|mliṣ yosher}}.<ref>The Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha Bible Translation</ref>
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