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[German Version] I. Religious Studies 1. Phenomenology Western, Christian connotations of the concept of the soul, imposed on the religio-historical evidence by outside studies, must be generally excluded if the soul is understood as the principle of manifestations of life that are perceptible (or culturally considered to be perceptible), although they are rarely categorized under a common umbrella term. It is therefore reasonable to speak of a multiplicity of souls – for example four among the Ob-Ugrians (Hasenfratz, Einführung, 38–41), five among the Proto-Germanic peoples ( ib…

[German Version] I. Sources – II. Effects Balaam (Heb. בלעם, LXX Βαλααμ, var. Βαλαμ, son of Beor; on the name forms see HALAT). The name Balaam is associated with the following questions: 1. how do we explain the difference between the depiction of Balaam in Num 22–24 (incorruptible man of God's word) and Num 31 (a seducer of the people)? 2. Why does the non-Israelite Balaam speak in the name of YHWH, with …