In late 1991, I was walking down the hallway of the hospital visiting a friend. I glanced in a room and saw a young man that I had briefly known, named Mark. He was lying quietly with his eyes closed ...

DEAR BONNIE: I am confused as to what the difference is between the soul and the spirit. Could you explain the difference? Thanks, Brandon Dear Brandon: People have been curious about the spirit and ...

In his new translation of the Hebrew Bible, completed after two decades of work, Robert Alter presents a refreshingly novel understanding of “soul,” as this article explains (“A New Hebrew Bible,” New ...