I think that the question is the problem.
Living animals are souls (and are called that in the Bible). People are souls (and are called that in the Bible).
The word translated into 'soul' is nephesh - though it is also translated into lots of other words including 'beings', 'creatures', 'heart', 'lives', person', 'man', even 'desires' and 'appetites'
Flesh + Ruach(breath/spirit) = Nephesh (soul/creature)
So it is God's breath into lifeless material that creates life.
A thing that is alive is a soul. When the soul/person/animal dies it becomes lifeless material once more. It no longer has the breath of God within it.
God will resurrect people and they will once again have life - to face judgement and either eternal life or the second death.
The idea of the soul as something distinct is an invention of some in the early church who believed more in the works of Plato and Socrates than the scriptures of the Old Testament - the immortality of the soul is the result.
And was the first ever to talk about the immortality of the soul?
Living animals are souls (and are called that in the Bible). People are souls (and are called that in the Bible).
The word translated into 'soul' is nephesh - though it is also translated into lots of other words including 'beings', 'creatures', 'heart', 'lives', person', 'man', even 'desires' and 'appetites'
Flesh + Ruach(breath/spirit) = Nephesh (soul/creature)
So it is God's breath into lifeless material that creates life.
A thing that is alive is a soul. When the soul/person/animal dies it becomes lifeless material once more. It no longer has the breath of God within it.
God will resurrect people and they will once again have life - to face judgement and either eternal life or the second death.
The idea of the soul as something distinct is an invention of some in the early church who believed more in the works of Plato and Socrates than the scriptures of the Old Testament - the immortality of the soul is the result.
And was the first ever to talk about the immortality of the soul?
Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: