Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Lisbeth S. Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim West [mailto:jwest AT highland.net]
> Sent: Tue, February 04, 2003 6:43 PM
> To: lizfried AT umich.edu
> Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] nefarious nefesh
>
>
> 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)?

Dear Jim, Where does it say she summoned his
*spirit*?? You can't *see* a soul or spirit, can you?
and since the necromancer *saw* Samuel, it was his
whole body of course. Sheesh. You gotta get with the
program here.
Liz
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