Jesus vs the ‘sons of God’ in Genesis 6 – what’s the difference?
Explore how Jesus as the unique, eternal Son of God differs from the “sons of God” in Genesis 6, and why their dark descent highlights the beauty of Christ’s incarnation.
Rabbi Samuel Z. Glaser and the Genesis 6 Problem
Rabbi Dr. Samuel Z. Glaser (1929–2022), an Orthodox-trained rabbi and clinical psychologist, reads Genesis 6:1–4 as a deliberately muted remnant of a broader demigod myth. Drawing on ancient Near Eastern parallels, Second Temple writings like 1 Enoch and the Genesis...
The Holy Mountain and the Giants: Eutychius on Genesis 6 and the Nephilim
Eutychius of Alexandria—Sa‘id b. al-Bitriq (c. 877–940 CE)—was a Christian Arab patriarch, physician, and historian who lived under Abbasid rule, mostly in Baghdad and later in Fustat (Old Cairo). As patriarch of Alexandria in the Melkite (Chalcedonian) tradition, he...
What the Book of Enoch Was Trying to Do with Genesis 6 (and What It Wasn’t)
Origins and History Enoch is mentioned in the Bible’s Book of Genesis as the father of Methuselah and the grandfather of Noah. He is said to have lived for 365 years before God escorted him into heaven. The book attributed to him is a series of texts believed to...