i think the operative text is Gen 2:7. Of course, working from Hebrew to Greek is fun, and there’s always the problem of what Paul means by “natural “ and “spiritual” in I Cor 15.
But the idea of the soul as the “aliveness” of a living body is compelling to me.
Yes. I can't say I understand it (I hate giving the impression that I'm in lecture mode when my reasoning power is as baffled as anybody's). All I have is what all of us believed through he centuries, based on these Scriptures we all share.