did not appear in two stages of animate development, and we may not think of man as possessing an animate life common to him and other beings, and then in addition an animate life distinct from other beings.’1 Human beings are a special creation. The word used for ‘breathed’ is more often translated ‘blew’ elsewhere (see Isa. 54:16) and we think of Ezekiel 37:9 where God directed the prophet to ‘blow’ on the re-created bodies to give them life. We are also reminded of an incident recorded in John’s