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2023, Biblical Archaeology Review
IN THE BIBLE, THE AMORITES are frequently mentioned among Canaan' s original inhabitants, those who lived in the land before the Israelites. Yet the Amorites received a pointed condemnation unlike any reserved for another group. They are called out for their impure religious practices and deviant gods (e.g., Genesis 15:16; Joshua 24:15; 1 Kings 21:26). Who were these detested "Amorites, " and how did the biblical writers think about them? There is a legendary quality to Israelite memories of Canaan' s earliest inhabitants, including the Amalekites, Hittites, Jebusites, Canaanites, and Amorites (Numbers 13:29). The Israelite spies who first entered the land characterized them as "strong" and their towns as "fortified and very large" (Numbers 13:28, ESV). What is more, the biblical writers perceived all of these groups to have descended from antediluvian heroes and giants, namely the Nephilim (the legendary offspring of the "sons of God" and "daughters of man" from Genesis 6:4). This is revealed in Numbers 13 where each group is described as "the children of Anak, " the eponymous ancestor of the gigantic Anakim. The text then goes on to state that "the Anakim come from the Nephilim" (Numbers 13:33). Thus, in just a few short verses, the inhabitants of Canaan...
Corrupting the Image: Angels, Aliens, and the Antichrist Revealed
Genesis Six Nephilim, Amorites, King Og of Bashan and their Identity, Height, and Weight2011 •
Thus we can conclude that Nephilim and all of the other names that are in Scripture for them were not merely the offspring of a human father with a human mother. There is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that the Nephilim came about as a result of the “good” sons of Seth turning “bad” and then connecting with the bad daughters of Cain. The ancient world believed until the time of Augustine about the Nephilim. Every ante-Nicene interpreter (Jewish and Christian) understood the sons of God to be angels who had sexual relations with women. The offspring of those relationships were the Nephilim.
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The Nephilim figure prominently in some popular literature. Their portrayal is speculative, but also based on Second Temple texts, which portray the Nephilim as the giant offspring of angels and human women who were responsible for the corruption that resulted in the flood. The OT includes few direct references to the Nephilim (Gen. 6:4; Num. 13:33; possibly Ezek. 32:27), though they have been generally linked with giant pre-conquest inhabitants of Canaan, particularly Anakites and Rephaim. The lack of detail in the OT suggests the existence of underlying extra-biblical traditions, though substantial differences appear to rule out Second Temple texts as a source for OT writers. Because the OT appears to include references to the Nephilim existing both before and after the flood, an important question is whether (or how) they survived the deluge. This article argues that the Nephilim in the OT are associated, primarily, with the antediluvian era; though are, intentially, linked with ...
The Ancient Israelite World
Amorites and Canaanites: Memory, Tradition, and Legacy in Ancient Israel and Judah2022 •
Burke, Aaron A. "Amorites and Canaanites: Memory, Tradition, and Legacy in Ancient Israel and Judah." In The Ancient Israelite World, K. H. Keimer and G. A. Pierce, eds., pp. 523–536. Routledge, London.
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The present study is based on the onomastics of the Land of Canaan during the second millennium BC. The results from onomastics are compared with the corresponding archaeological data and with parallel literary sources. The aim of the research has been to distinguish the different linguistic groups, especially the Canaanites and the Amorites, and to determine their principal areas of settlement. In accordance with the basic archaeological results, the toponyms show a dramatic change that took place in the Land of Canaan in the beginning of the Middle Bronze Age II (approximately 2000 BC). In the Land of Canaan there appeared toponymic types originating from the area of Phoenicia and spreading to the coastal area of modern Israel. Slightly later another kind of toponymic types appeared in the Galilee, the Judean Hill Country and in the Middle Zone of the Transjordan, the origin of which is to be found in Syro-Mesopotamia. It is remarkable that none of these particular types are foun...
Catholic Biblical Quarterly 79 (2017), 725-729
Review of Bill T. Arnold and Brent A. Strawn (eds.), The World around the Old Testament: The People and Places of the Ancient Near East (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2016).2017 •
True Free Thinker
“Open Review of the Center for Rational Theology’s Abarim Publications on Nephilim and Giants in the Bible,” by Ken Ammi2021 •
The Centar za Racionalnu Teologiju/Center for Rational Theology has produced some information regarding “Giants in the Bible” including that “Everybody knows about Goliath…And the enigmatic Nephilim” and that, additionally, “there are quite a few more giants and giant races mentioned in the Bible.” They also elucidate “The name Nephilim” etymologically. This review considers the claims and notes some basic yet fundamental level issues.
The Rise and Fall of the Nephilim
EXCERPT: The Rise and Fall of the Nephilim - Introduction2012 •
The ancient books of Genesis and Enoch tell us that sprit beings known as the Watchers descended to the Earth, had sex with women, and begat a hybrid race of offspring known as the Nephilim. Such tales are as old as humanity itself. These histories and accounts of visitations and subsequent mixed-blood, alien-human races comprise the bulk of the world's myths, legends, religions, and superstitions. The Rise and Fall of the Nephilim examines: • Elohim and the Bene Ha Elohim--God and the Sons of God • The Watchers: UFOs, extraterrestrials, angels, infiltrators, and impregnators • Biblical and apocryphal sources from Enoch to Moses • The role of the Fae, Elves, Elementals, and ancient gods What if the old spiritualities and religions weren't just legends? What if there was something living and breathing beneath the surface, a tangible interlinking of religious thought and spirituality, science and myth, inter-dimensionality and cold, hard fact? The Nephilim walked among us... and still do today. + + + + + + + + + + "Carl Sagan once spoke of the need to balance the scientific method with pure, unadulterated wonder. Scott Alan Roberts picks up that mantle by examining the Nephilim, the hybrid offspring of the intercourse between human women and ancient extraterrestrials. If only for just a moment, kick out the props of science and religion and let Scott take you to that place where sometimes the questions tell us far more than the answers." --George Noory, Coast to Coast AM "If you've gone to Sunday school and read Genesis, you've no doubt encountered the mystery of the Nephilim, the strange giants whose offspring mated with the offspring of Adam and Eve. Who were these creatures and how did they get here? The Rise and Fall of the Nephilim... is sure to challenge your beliefs and get you to look at the other side of Creation." --Bill Birnes, publisher, UFO magazine; The History Channel's Ancient Aliens
Biblical Peoples and Enthnicity: An Archaeological Study of Canaanites, Egyptians, Philistines, and Early Israel
Biblical Peoples and Ethnicity: An Archaeological Study of Canaanites, Egyptians, Philistines, and Early Israel, 1300–1100 BCE_by Ann E. Killebrew_20052005 •
Ancient Israel did not emerge within a vacuum but rather came to exist alongside various peoples, including Canaanites, Egyptians, and Philistines. Indeed, Israel's very proximity to these groups has made it difficult - until now - to distinguish the archaeological traces of early Israel and other contemporary groups. Through an analysis of the results from recent excavations in light of relevant historical and later biblical texts, this book proposes that it is possible to identify these peoples and trace culturally or ethnically defined boundaries in the archaeological record. Features of late second-millennium B.C.E. culture are critically examined in their historical and biblical contexts in order to define the complex social boundaries of the early Iron Age and reconstruct the diverse material world of these four peoples. Of particular value to scholars, archaeologists, and historians, this volume will also be a standard reference and resource for students and other readers interested in the emergence of early Israel.
A steady flow of new documents and scholarly publications dealing with the history of ancient Syria, the Amorites and the Arameans makes it possible to attempt a new synthesis of the data, revise previous views and propose some new ones. This article suggests several new arguments for the possibility of seeing some continuity between the 18 th century BCE Amorites and the 12 th century BCE Arameans. First, the geographical habitat of the various Amorite Bensimʾalite and Benjaminite tribes and the Aramean tribal conglomerates is compared. Second, the pattern of migration of the Amorite and Aramean tribes is analyzed. Third, some common linguistic elements are enumerated, like the terms Aḫlamū and Sutū found among the Amorites and the Arameans. Fourth, the attempt of some scholars to place the Hebrew ancestors among the Aramean tribes in Northern Syria is discussed. And fifth, some matrimonial institutions, customs, social and linguistic phenomena common to the Amorites and the Hebrews are pointed out attesting to a cultural continuity of certain practices spanning several centuries.
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