By any concept otherwise I would say Oxman that is a very educated view. Though I doubt many if any modern conservative Christians recognize the idea of ruach kodesh or what it means. Walk up to Jerry Falwell and ask him if he takes faith in ruach Kodesh. He will probably look at you crazily and say your a child of the devil. One primary issue with Christianity and its evolution is that many Christians do not recognize the roots of their own faith or how it was defined. Certainly such Judaic traditions are if anything else , ignored.

I think many christians would evolve and adapt more if they took, say, a class in Hebrew. Just as similar as if such individuals took the time to read the biblical apocrypha if for no other reason to learn. Sadly, too many Christians are not brave enough in their own faith to do so. The Bel and the Dragon from the later portion of the book of Daniel an example. Its quite a fantastical read (the babylonians revered a dragon, whod have thought it) -- though clearly not canon in nature, thus its "exclusion" from most modern biblical texts. Yes, there is a dragon mentioned in the bible that is not the same dragon the whore of Babylon sits upon (though I imagine it could be interpreted that way) in the book of Revelation.