What is the Soul and What Happens to it After We Die?

What is the soul? And what happens to our souls after we die? This is our third episode on the Hebrew word “nephesh.” It usually gets translated as “soul” in modern Bibles. But to the Hebrews the word often meant “throat.” This episode Tim Mackie and Jon Collins discuss the Hebrew concepts of an afterlife. The Hebrews would often use the word “nephesh” when talking about eternal life in the Scriptures.

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Keywords: Soul, Psuche, Psyche, nephesh, immortal soul, immortal spirit, immortality of the soul, soul's immortality

Bible reference(s): Deuteronomy 4:29, Deuteronomy 6:5, Deuteronomy 10:12, Deuteronomy 11:13, Deuteronomy 13:3, Deuteronomy 26:16, Deuteronomy 30:2, Deuteronomy 30:6, Deuteronomy 30:10, Joshua 22:5, Joshua 23:14, Judges 5:21, Job 7:11, Job 10:1, Job 21:25, Job 30:25, Job 33:18, Job 33:20, Job 33:28, Psalms 25:1, Psalms 31:7, Psalms 42:5, Psalms 42:11, Psalms 43:5, Psalms 57:8, Psalms 62:5, Psalms 103:1, Psalms 103:2, Psalms 103:22, Psalms 104:1, Psalms 104:35, Psalms 116:7, Psalms 131:2, Psalms 146:1, Ecclesiastes 7:28, Isaiah 38:15, Jeremiah 4:19, Matthew 10:28, Matthew 22:37, Mark 12:30, Luke 1:46, Luke 2:35, Luke 10:27, John 12:27, Hebrews 4:12, Hebrews 6:19, James 5:20

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