
Question
Who were the Nephilim?
Genesis 6 mentions them in three dense verses; interpretation has varied enormously since antiquity.
Interpretation
How it is argued
- 1
Divine-beings reading
Reflected in 1 Enoch and much Second Temple literature.
- 2
Human-lineage reading
A reading of 'sons of God' as a human line, common in later tradition.
Read it in Scripture
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