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Biblical scholars have long claimed that the Israelites "could not conceive of a disembodied nefesh [soul]." In this book, Richard C. Steiner rejects that claim based on a broad spectrum of textual, linguistic, archaeological, and anthropological evidence spanning the millennia from prehistoric times to the present. The biblical evidence includes a prophecy of Ezekiel condemning women who pretend to trap the wandering souls of sleeping people--a prophecy that has been only partially understood until now because of the obscure technical terms that it contains. The extrabiblical evidence suggests that a belief in the existence of disembodied souls was part of the common religious heritage of the peoples of the ancient Near East.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Christianity

• Full title: Disembodied Souls
• Subtitle: The Nefesh in Israel and Kindred Spirits in the Ancient Near East, with an Appendix on the Katumuwa Inscription
• Author: Richard C Steiner
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 228
• EAN: 9781628370768
• ISBN: 9781628370768
• ID: 09420494
• Publisher: SBL Press
• Weight: 352 g
• Dimensions: 154 × 229 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 06. April 2015

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