Theology and Neuroscience: What is the Soul?

I have been thinking about the nature of the human soul especially in the light of the recent scientific advances of neuroscience. I came across Michael Sheiser's interesting blog named The Naked Bible. With a name like that, how can I resist?

Here are some interesting thoughts Michael has on the body-soul

Biblical Anthropology and the Mind-Body Debate, Part 1
Biblical Anthropology and the Mind-Body Debate, Part 2
Biblical Anthropology and the Mind-Body Debate, Part 3

read also his

Biblical Anthropology Posts

The discussion focused on this issue:

In terms of biblical theology, is a human being composed of two parts (flesh/body + immaterial soul) or three parts (flesh/body + soul + spirit)?

Here are the posts in order:

Biblical Anthropology: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, and Part 7

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