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Review of Archie T. Wright’s The Origin of Evil Spirits: The Reception of Genesis 6:1–4 in Early Jewish Literature
From the data I have, I can’t discern who wrote it but a review was posted of Archie T. Wright’s dissertation The Origin of Evil Spirits: The Reception of Genesis 6:1–4 in Early Jewish Literature. The premise is, “evil spirits are largely absent from the Hebrew Bible, leaving one to wonder where they came from”…
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Michael Snow on Michael Brown on Who Are the Nephilim?
Michael Snow (self-described as, “Farmer; B.S., University of S. Dak.; Marines; National Park Service; M.Div., Earlham; Farmer”) posted the article “Who Are the Nephilim?” Dr. Michael L. Brown on his Texts In Context site. That which I term the Gen 6 affair is quoted thusly: GENESIS, Chapter 6.– When man began to multiply on the…
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3 News Today 123 answers: If the Flood Killed the Nephilim, How Did Giants Return After Noah?
The News 3 News Today 123 article If the Flood Killed the Nephilim, How Did Giants Return After Noah? was posted by a certain lananh8386: I say posted rather than written by since a disclaimer states “This content may be created by AI for entertainment purposes. Did a human involved with that site ever think…
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Nephilim in The Encyclopedia of Ancient Giants in North America by Fritz Zimmerman
The Coast To Coast A.M. website has Zimmerman’s bio as, “an unaffiliated scholar with a B. A. in history from Purdue University” (I cannot seem to find a bio on his website nor his books). Due to the title of the book, The Encyclopedia of Ancient Giants in North America, some key questions are: what…
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Nephilim in The Ancient Giants Who Ruled America by Xaviant Haze
The publisher Simon & Schuster’s website has Haze’s bio as, “a researcher of ancient manuscripts and alternative history, exploring and documenting his findings on lost cities and the myths of the pre-diluvian world.” Graham Hancock’s site has it as, “author of conspiracy theories, lost civilizations, ancient aliens, ancient giants and the globalist plans of the…
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Nephilim in Giants on Record by Jim Vieira and Hugh Newman
Jim Vieira and Hugh Newman’s book is fully titled Giants on Record: America’s Hidden History, Secrets in the Mounds and the Smithsonian Files. The book notes, “Jim Vieira is a stonemason, researcher and writer” of books and articles, having given a TEDx talk, “is star of the History Channel TV shows…”“Hugh Newman is an explorer,…
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Did the Carey Griffel’s Genesis Marks the Spot Site Miss the Spot on Nephilim/Giants?
Carey Griffel, Masters of Biblical Studies with Redemption Seminary, posted an article titled Post-Flood Nephilim Options on her Genesis Marks the Spot site. Sadly, right from the get go, she notes, “In my opinion, the most comprehensive exploration of the giant narrative in Scripture is T.J. Steadman’s book/podcast, Answers to Giant Questions.” I say sadly…
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Dr. Sarah Schwartz Bifurcates Nephilim in Num 13
Dr. Sarah Schwartz (“lecturer on Bible in Bar Ilan University’s Bible department, and in Machon Schechter. She holds a Ph.D. from Bar Ilan University”) wrote an article titled The Scouts’ Report: From Rhetoric to Demagoguery for The Academic Torah Institute’s Torah.com website. My title was meant to narrow us down to my contextually interest since…
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Autodidact Sociopolitical Journalist William Whitten “Satan’s Command” conspiracy rant
William Whitten styles himself a, “Autodidact Sociopolitical Journalist,” he posted the following rant on the Quora site (I will do us the favor of not including the many articles to which he linked and images with which he peppered the post)—the important part isn’t his rant, it’s the stalled discussion which followed: At Satan’s Command…
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Rabbi Inna Serebro-Litvak on “Giants” Among Us
Rabbi Cantor Inna Serebro-Litvak independently wrote an article for The Times of Israel’s blog titled “Giants” Among Us. The bio states that this Rabbi, “pursued her undergraduate studies at the Music Academy of Tel Aviv University…completed her Rabbinic Ordination and Master’s Degree in Jewish Studies at AJR…is currently serving as the senior rabbi.” She begins…
