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OpenStudy (anonymous):

what is a soul? like in a body ,and do u believe in them/It????

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The original-language terms (Heb., ne′phesh [ׁנֶפֶש]; Gr., psy·khe′ [ψυχή]) as used in the Scriptures show “soul” to be a person, an animal, or the life that a person or an animal enjoys. The connotations that the English “soul” commonly carries in the minds of most persons are not in agreement with the meaning of the Hebrew and Greek words as used by the inspired Bible writers. This fact has steadily gained wider acknowledgment. Back in 1897, in the Journal of Biblical Literature (Vol. XVI, p. 30), Professor C. A. Briggs, as a result of detailed analysis of the use of ne′phesh, observed: “Soul in English usage at the present time conveys usually a very different meaning from נפש [ne′phesh] in Hebrew, and it is easy for the incautious reader to misinterpret.” More recently, when The Jewish Publication Society of America issued a new translation of the Torah, or first five books of the Bible, the editor-in-chief, H. M. Orlinsky of Hebrew Union College, stated that the word “soul” had been virtually eliminated from this translation because, “the Hebrew word in question here is ‘Nefesh.’” He added: “Other translators have interpreted it to mean ‘soul,’ which is completely inaccurate. The Bible does not say we have a soul. ‘Nefesh’ is the person himself, his need for food, the very blood in his veins, his being.”—The New York Times, October 12, 1962.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Please vote best answer if this was helpful. :D

OpenStudy (dean.shyy):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks to both of you

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thanks and anytime.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yep!!! :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

:D Bye then! See u around.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok bye! :)

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