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Explore the story of disobedient angels and their offspring from its origin to the modern debate and its impact on Christian thought.
Nephilim, Science, and Scripture: Responding to NCSE on Biblical Giants
In “It Ain’t Necessarily So: Giants and Biblical Literalism,” published by the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) in 1985, J.R. Cole takes aim at a certain kind of “biblical literalism” that uses giants to attack evolution. The NCSE exists to defend the...
How Tartarus Became a Prison for Fallen Angels
Joseph T. Antley is an alumnus of Brigham Young University’s History Department, with training in digital preservation, archival studies, and special collections. His paper, “Tartarus in Classical Greek, Apocalyptic Jewish, and Early Christian Mythologies,” is hosted...
Pirkei de‑Rabbi Eliezer on Genesis 6 and the Giants
Pirkei de‑Rabbi Eliezer (often abbreviated PRE) is one of the most vivid post‑biblical Jewish retellings of Genesis. In chapter 23, it gives a striking interpretation of Genesis 6:1–4: the “sons of God” are angels who fall from heaven, lust after the daughters of...
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Nephilim, Science, and Scripture: Responding to NCSE on Biblical Giants
In “It Ain’t Necessarily So: Giants and Biblical Literalism,” published by the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) in 1985, J.R. Cole takes aim at a certain kind of “biblical literalism” that uses giants to attack evolution. The NCSE exists to defend the...
Will the Nephilim Return? A Biblical Look at the End Times
Are Aliens, Nimrod, and DNA Tests Connected to the Nephilim? A Bible-First Field Guide
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FALLEN: THE SONS OF GOD AND THE NEPHILIM
by Tim Chaffey
This detailed and easy-to-follow book represents one of the most comprehensive investigations into the identity of the Nephilim and the ‘sons of God’.
Carefully and thoroughly researched, Fallen examines the biblical and historical data to clear up the confusion.