The Book of Enoch: Watcher Angels & their Giant Sons
Around 200 BC, this book described in great detail how angels in heaven lusted after women, descended to take wives, and had giant children that were a scourge to humanity.
Josephus: Angels Took Wives and Produced Giants
Josephus, writing in 93 AD, affirmed the angelic interpretation of Genesis 6. His account connects the Nephilim to Greek myths and reflects the mainstream Jewish view in the first century.
Did Peter Believe the Sons of God Were Angels?
Peter’s letters reference imprisoned spirits and disobedient angels, echoing Genesis 6 and the Book of Enoch. His terminology, widely understood in the first century, supports the angelic interpretation.
Philo of Alexandria: Angels and the Nephilim
Philo of Alexandria writes twice in his books about the Giants and Angels in Genesis
The Book of Genesis: The ‘Sons of God’ and the Nephilim
Genesis tells the story of an intermarrying between the ‘sons of God’ and the ‘daughters of men’, and the rise of the nephilim.