Semitic Totality Concept

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The Semitic Totality Concept is a teaching found within the majority of Judaism and some sects of Christianity that attempts to explain the link between the body and the soul.

The link, proponents say, is that the two are a unity that are not separable (or, in Christianity, separable only upon death). Other aspects (such as the one about faith and good works) says that something that exists only in one part (body or soul) is useless or vain unless it also plays a part in the other. Therefore, faith, which exists in the soul, must be coupled with good works in order to be fully understood and used. However, something that is done without the soul playing a part (like Ecclesiaste's and its search for God-less pleasure) is without use (i.e., The Teacher's shout of "Meaningless! Meaningless!" in Ecclesiastes 1) in this philosophy.

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