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Where does it come from, When does a person receive it, Is it a separate entity?
Where does it come from, When does a person receive it, Is it a separate entity?
My own understanding of my "soul" is that it is me, the person who will live on after my body dies.Where does it come from, When does a person receive it, Is it a separate entity?
I don't think a soul is a "thing." I believe it's a way of talking about a person's life.
My own understanding of my "soul" is that it is me, the person who will live on after my body dies.
I don't think a soul is a "thing." I believe it's a way of talking about a person's life.
Hmm...
Thats a take Ive never heard of before.
I think you'll find it's not uncommon amongst scholars of Hebrew, based on the word nephesh and the way it functions in that language. There are similar ambiguities with psyche in Greek.
Basically, I'd argue that a word which originally just meant "life" got spiritualised until people conceived of the "life" of a person having an existence independent/separate from the body. But I don't think that's what the Biblical writers meant by ti.
I only have greek in my theology minor so Im blank on the hebrew. Do you believe in salvation of the souls then?
I believe in salvation... and in the resurrection of the body. Those bodies will have life and thus soul, but like I said, I don't believe in the soul as a "thing" in itself.
If that makes sense?
Like I said, I got to my current understanding through language studies (and reading scholars of Hebrew language and thought, because my Greek is good but my Hebrew almost non-existent). If you're really curious it might be worth doing some reading on Hebrew understanding of the topic? Perhaps our Messianic friends might be able to give you more than I can in a quick post?