pg 16 Oldest of the monotheistic religions, Judaism like Christianity considers Bible as its religious scripture which is an anthology, an assortment of writings of different writers belonging to different times. 'Then the lord God formed man out of the dust on ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and became a living being, (genesis 2:7) shapes the form of Adam from the clay then breathes into him the 'breath of life' so that Adam becomes Nephesh, or a living soul .'13 The
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The notion of reincarnation is so incompatible with Christian thought where the idea of a new soul being born with a new birth is so firmly established that the plausibility of reincarnation has never been questioned. However the belief in reincarnation as well as pre- existence of soul was present among the Christians as early as the second century A.D. when it was preached by early Christian theologians ad apologists like Justin Matyr and Origen. So it can be said that early Christianity before it was taken over by Constantine had very different view about reincarnation and unlike modern Christianity where only the Gnostics and the esoteric schools have faith in this concept of reincarnation. Even within the Graeco Roman world within the Gnostic movement the concept of reincarnation was present. Therefore reincarnation also known as transmigration of souls was not an exotic idea in early Christianity nor was its viability questioned and though according to orthodox Christians it is an unclerical idea it is surely not an unchristian
The notion of reincarnation is so incompatible with Christian thought where the idea of a new soul being born with a new birth is so firmly established that the plausibility of reincarnation has never been questioned. However the belief in reincarnation as well as pre- existence of soul was present among the Christians as early as the second century A.D. when it was preached by early Christian theologians ad apologists like Justin Matyr and Origen. So it can be said that early Christianity before it was taken over by Constantine had very different view about reincarnation and unlike modern Christianity where only the Gnostics and the esoteric schools have faith in this concept of reincarnation. Even within the Graeco Roman world within the Gnostic movement the concept of reincarnation was present. Therefore reincarnation also known as transmigration of souls was not an exotic idea in early Christianity nor was its viability questioned and though according to orthodox Christians it is an unclerical idea it is surely not an unchristian