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To: Hostage

In Jewish tradition, they were just men who had a lot of power. They weren’t giants.

The Sons of God faithful men, but were weakened by marrying faithless women.
I tend to favour that interpretation .


14 posted on 02/19/2022 9:45:25 PM PST by Jonty30 (How can you claim to help me with my healthcare costs when you can't pay for your own?)
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To: Jonty30
Thanks for your comments.

Different Talmudic Scholars may have different interpretations.

Here's one interpretation from the Jewish Virtual Library that calls them out as Giants:

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/nephilim

Jewish scholars are quite strict with meanings and interpretations that have been handed down without alteration for many centuries. I would expect however, there is debate and argument among published journals on the subject as to what was truly meant by "Giant". It's fairly settled that Goliath was a Giant of sorts but the Nephilim seem to have been in another category altogether.

I would defer to Talmudic Scholars and Archeological Societies.

17 posted on 02/19/2022 10:10:40 PM PST by Hostage (Article V)
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