However, from the end of the last century, an increasing number of scholars have pointed out the non - Biblical origin of the doctrine of the immortality of the soul, and as a consequence, “modern theology now often tries to view man as a unity that is totally dissolved in death. ”
( धर्म का विश्‍वकोश, अंग्रेज़ी) इसलिए, बाइबल व्याख्याकार एक “मध्यवर्ती स्थिति ” के अस्तित्व को उचित सिद्ध करना मुश्‍किल पाते हैं ।