?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=St.+Paul's+Error%3A+The+Semantic+Changes+of+BODY+and+SOUL+in+the+Western+World&rft.creator=Evola%2C+Vito&rft.subject=Comparative+Linguistics&rft.subject=Metaphysics&rft.subject=Psycholinguistics&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Pragmatics&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Ethics&rft.subject=Semantics&rft.subject=Syntax&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.subject=Social+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.subject=Historical+Linguistics&rft.description=+++++Historically+Christianity+owes+much+to+Judaism.+St.+Paul%E2%80%99s+Christianity%2C+however%2C+changed+the+way+of+thinking+of+many+of+the+first+Jews+because+of+a+new+way+of+reasoning+about+selfhood%2C+the+human+body%2C+and+human+cognition.+Without+wanting+to+treat+certain+theological+concepts%2C+I+want+to+underline+how+modern+science%E2%80%99s+view+of+the+person+is+closer+to+traditional+Judaism+than+it+is+to+Christianity%2C+and+how+Paul%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%9Cerror%E2%80%9D+was+diffused+throughout+the+Western+world%2C+by+analyzing+the+semantics+of+linguistic+references+to+the+body%2C+the+soul%2C+and+emotions.%0D%0A%0D%0A+++++What+was+St.+Paul%E2%80%99s+error%3F+The+question+means+to+be+both+allusive+and+provocative.+He+was+born+by+the+name+Saul+in+the+city+of+Tarsus%2C+in+modern+Turkey%2C+during+the+height+of+its+splendour+as+a+Roman-Greek+city.+Paul+grew+up+as+a+%E2%80%9Cfree+man%E2%80%9D%2C+that+is%2C+as+a+Roman+citizen+in+a++cosmopolitan+environment.+He+is+considered+to+be+the+most+influential+and+productive+of+the+testimonies+of+the+Christian+thought+throughout+Asia+Minor+and+Western+Europe.+His+epistles+circulated+throughout+his+time+and+continue+to+influence+millions+of+followers%2C+who+often+interpret+his+thoughts+in+contrasting+manner%2C+but+nonetheless+attest+to+his+authority.%0D%0A%0D%0A+++++An+erudite+Greek-Roman%2C+persecutor+of+the+first+Christians%2C+Paul+battled+to+spread+the+story+of+Jesus+of+Nazareth.+His+ideology%2C+indeed%2C+is+a+blend+of+Greek-Roman+thought+and+of+what+he+learned+from+the+first+Christians.+The+Hellenic+characteristics+of+his+faith+created+a+divergence+from+traditional+Judaic+thought+within+what+was+to+become+the+Christian+creed+though+his+influence.+As+a+matter+of+fact%2C+Christianity+came+to+have+a+more+coherent+structure+because+of+Paul%2C+and+Christian+belief+in+a+way+is+more+Paul%E2%80%99s+thought+than+it+is+Jesus%E2%80%99.%0D%0A%0D%0A+++++Jewish+teaching+circa+selfhood+was+quite+holistic.+The+Hebrew+word+nephesh+is+often+translated+as+%E2%80%9Csoul%E2%80%9D+but+also+means+%E2%80%9Cbody%E2%80%9D%2C+whereas+Paul+clearly+distinguishes+the+two%2C+talking+about+a+co-existence%2C+%E2%80%9Cconcupiscence%E2%80%9D+and+the+necessity+of+dominating+the+body+to+exalt+the+spirit.+I+will+examine+the+semantic+changes+in+words+dealing+with+body+and+soul%2C+and+how+Paul%E2%80%99s+authority+eventually+influenced+the+Western+world%E2%80%99s+way+of+reasoning+about+such+concepts.&rft.date=2006-07&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6118%2F1%2Flcm.pdf&rft.identifier=++Evola%2C+Vito++(2006)+St.+Paul's+Error%3A+The+Semantic+Changes+of+BODY+and+SOUL+in+the+Western+World.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6118%2F