Dualism (Identity)

by David Turell @, Saturday, March 21, 2015, 22:33 (3295 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained


> Tony: According to the OT, humans and animals do not HAVE souls, they ARE souls. A rather subtle but profound difference. (Gen 2:18-20, Ecc 3:19,20, Num 31:28)-You are exactly correct. I should have stated it that way: -Genesis 2:7 "And the Lord god formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul."-> 
> Tony: As I have said before, Ancient Hebrew was a concrete language. They simply did not have words for intangible abstract concepts. If they had to refer to an abstract, it was done through the illustration of something tangible. For example, the word for "spirit" literally means breath or wind, and the word for passion literally meant a flaring of the nostrils.-I am amazed at your education. Again, thank you.


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