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Josephus: Antiquities of the Jews, Whiston, 1737
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The first-century Jewish historian retells Genesis for Roman readers, including his own account of the sons of God and the giants they fathered. The whole Antiquities, in William Whiston's classic English translation.
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Why we can share it: Project Gutenberg record: "Public domain in the USA." Translator William Whiston, 1667-1752.
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BeingNephilimGenesis says giants walked the earth "also after that," meaning after the Flood that was meant to wipe everything out. The Nephilim get just two verses in the whole Hebrew Bible, and neither explains them. Who were they, and how did they outlast the Flood? Scholars and the text itself disagree.BeingAnakimAncient spies came back from Canaan saying they felt like grasshoppers next to the sons of Anak. The Bible traces a line from these giants of Hebron to the Philistine city of Gath, home of Goliath. The spies' report is framed as a faithless exaggeration, though. Were the Anakim a real people, or a legend enlarged by fear?
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