SOUL
(See also Immortality of the Soul)
(Note centered heading below: Bible View)
afterlife beliefs: w90 9/1 3-6
efforts to prove: g 12/07 4
various peoples: wp17.4 3; w90 9/1 3
various religions: w99 4/1 9-10; ie 3-4; w96 8/1 3
Algonquian Indian concept: sh 75
ancient Assyrian concept: sh 52-53
ancient Babylonian concept: w90 5/1 22; sh 52-53
ancient Chinese concept: sh 53
ancient Egyptian concept: sh 53; g88 7/8 5, 9
ancient Greek philosophy: it-2 1004-1005; w11 7/1 6; w96 8/1 6; w95 3/1 29; w90 5/1 22; sh 54, 265-266; rs 379; g88 7/8 9-10
Aristotle: ie 15
Plato: g 2/13 12-13; w96 8/1 6; jv 36; w92 5/15 9; rs 379
Socrates: it-1 1002; it-2 1004; w03 11/15 4; w96 8/1 6; w90 9/1 4
Stoics: it-2 1036
Buddhism: sh 150-153
Catholic Church: w98 10/15 5; ie 22; w90 5/1 18-19, 21, 23, 26-27; rs 169, 377, 379; g88 7/8 8
Christendom:
origin of teaching: w10 6/1 30; w09 8/15 12-13; w09 11/1 4; w01 4/15 20-21; w99 4/1 13; w99 8/15 12; w98 7/1 10-13; ie 14-16; w96 8/1 7-8; jv 36-37; w90 5/1 22; rs 379-380
comments by Encyclopedia of Religions: w94 6/15 4
discussion: w96 8/1 3-8; w90 5/1 18-23; w90 9/1 3-6; g88 7/8 8-10
Hinduism: w96 8/1 3; sh 112, 114, 125-126; vi 7-12, 30-31
Islam: w99 4/1 13-14; ie 16; w96 8/1 3; w90 5/1 18; sh 297, 299-300; g88 7/8 8
Judaism: wp17.4 6; w13 2/15 10-11; w99 4/1 12-13; ie 13-14; w96 8/1 4, 6; wi 22-23; g91 4/22 31; w90 5/1 22; sh 219, 222-224; g88 7/8 9
comments by Encyclopaedia Judaica: g 2/13 13; ie 13; w96 10/15 4
comments by Josephus: wp17.4 6
comments by The Jewish Encyclopedia: wp17.4 6
Pharisees: it-2 226, 625; rs 319
Malay concept: sh 75
misconceptions:
preexistence: g86 6/8 22-23
reincarnation: rs 317-321
source: w90 5/1 22-23
out-of-body experiences: g03 6/8 29
Bible View
animals: ijwbq article 159; it-2 1005; bh 209; w07 7/15 4; bi12 1644; w99 4/1 15; pe 77-78; rs 376-377; g88 7/8 8-9; g87 3/8 26-27
attributes and qualities: it-2 1004, 1006; w96 8/1 5; rs 376-377; g86 6/8 23
blood: it-2 1006; lv 74-77
breathes: it-2 1004, 1024; g87 3/8 26-27
benefits of knowing: ie 28-29
Bible Students publish: jv 127
Bible usage: ijwbq article 71; bhs 214-215; bh 208-210; nwt 1712, 1723; bi12 1644; wt 81-82; w90 9/1 4-6
desire: it-2 1007
life as a soul: ijwbq article 71; it-2 1006-1007; bh 209-210; w07 7/15 4-5; w99 4/1 15; ie 20, 22-23
living creature: it-2 1005-1006; w07 7/15 3-4; w99 4/1 14-16; ie 19-20
‘one’s soul’: it-2 1006
Christian Scriptures: w96 8/1 6-7
comments by—
Encyclopaedia Judaica: ie 13
glossary of The New American Bible: it-2 1004
Greek Orthodox booklet: w92 5/15 9
Jewish Encyclopedia: g 2/13 13; w00 6/1 5-6; g91 4/22 31; rs 377
New Catholic Encyclopedia: it-2 1004; w98 7/1 10; w98 10/15 5; ct 168; w96 10/15 5; w90 9/1 4-5; w89 10/1 6; rs 377
On Christian Doctrine (John Milton): w07 9/15 13
Orlinsky, H. M.: sh 224
scholars: jv 127; w90 5/1 21-22
discussion: ijwbq article 71; it-2 1004-1007; g 12/15 12-13; bh 208-210; w07 7/15 3-5; sp 13-14; ol 12-13; w99 4/1 14-16; w98 7/1 9-10; ie 19-20, 22-24; w96 8/1 5-8; w90 5/1 19-22; w90 9/1 4-5; rs 375-380; g88 7/8 8-9
Greek word: it-2 1004-1005; bi12 1644; w99 4/1 15; ie 19-20; w96 10/15 5; rs 169-170, 375-377
Hebrew word: it-2 1004-1005, 1024; bi12 1644; w99 4/1 14-15; ie 19; w96 8/1 5; w96 10/15 5; rs 169, 375, 377
“houses of the soul” (Isa 3:20): it-1 1157
humans: it-2 1005-1006; wp17.4 5; bh 209; pe 72-73; vi 9-10
in the blood: it-1 344; it-2 1006
Jehovah God: it-2 1007; bi12 1644
meaning of term: ijwbq article 71; it-2 1004-1007, 1024; wp17.4 5; w07 7/15 3-4; ct 97; w96 8/1 5; w90 9/1 4-5; sh 224; pe 72-73; rs 169-170, 375-377; g88 7/8 8-9; vi 12-13
comparison with Sanskrit terms: vi 8-10, 30-31
Jewish Publication Society of America: g88 7/8 9
New Catholic Encyclopedia: w98 7/1 10; w98 10/15 5; ct 168; w96 10/15 5
mortal: it-1 597; it-2 1007; g 12/15 12-13; bh 210; w08 11/1 4-5; w07 7/15 4-5; w06 7/1 6; bi12 1644; sp 14; w99 4/1 16; ct 168; ie 22-24; w96 8/1 5; g91 4/22 31; w90 9/1 5; sh 250; w89 10/15 3; pe 77-79; rs 169-170, 377-378; g89 4/8 19; g87 3/8 26-27; w86 8/1 5; vi 10-15
New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures: w15 12/15 11-12; nwt 1712, 1723; wt 81-82
not distinct from body: it-1 597; g 12/15 12; w96 8/1 5; w96 10/15 5
quiz: g94 1/8 13, 21
resurrection of: ijwbq article 77; it-2 786, 789-790; w96 8/1 7; rs 333-334
‘souls executed with the ax’ (Re 20:4): re 289
‘souls underneath the altar’ (Re 6:9-11): w07 1/1 29-30; re 100-103, 289
spirit differs: it-2 1007; bh 210-211; bi12 1644; rs 378; vi 10
translations that obscure: w97 10/1 19
‘whole soul,’ ‘all one’s soul’: it-2 1007
loving Jehovah with (Mt 22:37; Mr 12:30): w04 3/1 20-21