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It seems to me that the Bible is simply ambiguous on the question. I mean, there's a reason the Apostle's Creed talks about the resurrection of the body, not the immortality of the soul. So I turn to philosophy. It seems that human beings are essentially embodied; if this is the case then, even if there was such a thing as a soul, it would not be human if it didn't have a body. But I hold this position mainly on the basis of intuition.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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