In the Old Testament, Genesis 6 begins with a famously mysterious passage stating that the sons of God married the daughters of men and begat Nephilim, who were “the mighty men who were of old, the great men of renown.” (Gen 6:4) Who were these Nephilim? It depends on what one makes of the “sons …
This essay is the second in a series on the Nephilim. In our previous essay, we examined the various places in the Scripture in which the Nephilim are mentioned and sketched out some very rudimentary ideas about their identity. This was all by way or preparation for this article, which will take a much more in …
This is the third installment in a series of essays studying the biblical Nephilim, in relation to the tale in Genesis 6 of the angelic “sons of God” impregnating the “daughters of men” and bearing children by them. In this essay, we will endeavor to answer the question of whether a spiritual being such as …
