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  • From: "Liz Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>
  • To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] Re: Nefesh mot
  • Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 08:48:01 -0400



> -----Original Message-----
> From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Deborah Millier
> Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 8:36 AM
> To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [b-hebrew] Re: Nefesh mot
>
>
> J. Sprinkle wrote:
>
> > for he does not possess
> > a NEPHESH, but he is a
> > NEPHESH.... NEPHESH in
> > OT does not often (I'm
> > tempted to say never)
> > mean "soul" as opposed
> > to body.
>
> This may be true in Gen. 2:7. But I think we're
> approaching the idea in Gen. 35:18:
>
> VAY'HI B'TZET NAFSHAH...
>
> "So it was as her life departed..."
>
> This account seems to objectify Rachel's NEPHESH from
> some other essential part of her being, ...perhaps her
> body. But then her body is still her. And her
> NEPHESH something else. See what I mean? I'm not
> saying that the doctrine of the *immortal soul* is
> taught here in Genesis, but that NEPHESH is an
> immaterial part of the human creature, ...I think
> we're at least given a hint in this passage.
>
> B'RAKHOT,
> -- Michael Millier
>
Dear Michael,
The nephesh is in the blood.
Liz Fried





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