" Gen.
2:7.
The soul was not put into the man, but when the life-giving breath was
breathed into his nostrils, the man himself became a living soul, a
living being. The ordinary version (King James) gives "a living soul" in
the margin of Gen. 1:30, showing that the same expression is used of all
the animal creation in the Hebrew text. The famous Methodist
commentator, Dr. Adam Clarke, says on this phrase, "living soul:"
"A general term to express all creatures endued with animal
life, in any of its infinitely varied gradations."
_2. Are "Soul" and "Spirit" Deathless?_
"Are not the soul and spirit said to be deathless?" questions another.
No. One writer says of the Scriptural use of the words "soul" and
"spirit:"
"The Hebrew and Greek words from which they are translated,
occur in the Bible, as we have seen, seventeen hundred times.
Surely, once at least in that long list we shall be told that
the soul is immortal, if this is its high prerogative.
Seventeen hundred times we inquire if the soul is once said to
be immortal, or the spirit deathless.
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