32 THE IMMORTALITY OF ANIMALS 



lish version dates back only to 1611, and it is be- 

 yond this date that scholars go to ascertain the 

 original meaning of words. The Old Testament 

 was written in the Hebrew language and the New 

 Testament in the Greek, but the Bible has under- 

 gone various translations. The Septuagint version 

 or translation of the Old Testament into Greek is 

 of vast importance in showing the original lan- 

 guage of the Hebrew at that time. And there is 

 to-day a great difference in the opinions of Hebrew 

 and Greek scholars about the meaning of many 

 words in the translation. 



The Hebrew text of the Old Testament is 

 acknowledged by all scholars to be the most accu- 

 rate. Marginal notes and comments are numerous 

 in all of the old translations, but most of them 

 have disappeared from our present English version. 

 It is well to keep in mind that the Hebrew word 

 for the soul is nephesh and the Greek word psyche. 

 The two words mean the same thing, and the 

 Greek word psyche is the only word in the New 

 Testament which is translated soul. 



Now let us see wherein the Bible implies as well 

 as expresses the doctrine that animals have souls. 

 God in the beginning of time called into existence 



