GNT words for soul and spirit

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon Jun 21 07:13:49 EDT 1999


Wayne Shelton <AShe298795 at aol.com> has asked me to put to the list the
following question:

>> I have a couple of questions.  There are
>> two primary words used in the greek new testament for soul and spirit.
>Also,
>> there are renditions of these.  What was the understanding of that era of
>the
>> soul and spirit and what is the literal definitions for these words.
>> 5590  psuche (psoo-khay');,  4151  pneuma (pnyoo'-mah);
>
>> Thank you,
>> Wayne Shelton

Without suggesting that there's any impediment to renewed discussion of
this matter, I would call attention to earlier list discussions focused
rather sharply upon this precise topic:

Mike MacKinnon	4/30/97	SWMA, SARX, YUCH (psuche), PNEUMA
Glenn L. Weaver	4/30/97	Re: SWMA, SARX, YUCH (psuche), PNEUMA
Carl W. Conrad	5/1/97	Re: SWMA, SARX, YUCH (psuche), PNEUMA
Carlton Winbery	5/1/97	Re: SWMA, SARX, YUCH (psuche), PNEUMA
Carlton Winbery	5/1/97	Re: SWMA, SARX, YUCH (psuche), PNEUMA
Carl W. Conrad	10/15/97 Re: Heb 4:12 and soul/spirit
Eric Weiss	5/7/98	Spirit, Soul, Body
Carl W. Conrad	5/7/98	Re: Spirit, Soul, Body

And furthermore, I would repeat what I've said myself in a couple of the
above messages in the archives, one ought to be careful about assuming that
these words have exactly the same meaning in each GNT document and/or
writer.



Carl W. Conrad
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