Q&A: Negative byzant
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Negative byzant
Question
A common theory in the relevant circles says that psycho-physical creatures tend to interact by means of a vocal medium, and sometimes do not even refrain from using something that is not an external tool. But it says, “and man became a living soul”—”a speaking spirit”—and according to this animals also speak, so isn’t there something here that doesn’t fit with the opposite assumption regarding the Torah’s non-humanity?
Answer
Please translate into Hebrew briefly and without smart-aleck wording.
The question was whether animals also fit the definition in the translation “a speaking spirit,” which defined man as a “speaking living being”; after all, animals also speak in some way. But the whole point was just to be a smart-aleck.