Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Jim West <jwest AT highland.net>]

At 06:40 PM 2/4/03 -0500, you wrote:

>The traslation "soul" is based on the Greek LXX psyche,
>which is translated into the Latin "anima" which is translated
>into the English as "soul."
>But the concept as something which continues to exist after you
>die does not exist in the Hebrew.

then whats sheol about?  how does saul summon the spirit of samuel after the
latter's death?  i can see how one could argue (though not really
persuasively) that the HB has no concept of *resurrection*- but what is one
to make of the many passages re: sheol if there is no life there (even in a
shadowy ethereal form)?

jim

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