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That which follows is Miryam Brand’s contribution to Nephilim published by De Gruyter, 2023. Brand is the Visiting Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies and Religious Studies at Brown University, and holds a Ph.D. in Bible and Late Antiquity from New York University Brand notes, “Nephilim play a central role in a popular Second Temple era…

The full question posted to the Quora site is: Why do Nephilims have 6 fingers? “If” they exists, what would such a creature have a purpose for these appendages? Edward Smith commented A. They didn’t have six fingers. B. They were the hybrid offspring of angels and human women. C. They all died in the…

We will herein review Prof. B. J. Oropeza’s article, “Who Are, “Giants” in the Bible? Understanding the Nephilim of Genesis 6 and Numbers 13,” Patheos, March 26, 2023: Oropeza is a Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at Azusa Pacific University. Oropeza begins by noting, “In the Old Testament of the Bible we read about…

Undergoing review is Joe Edge’s column for the Augusta Press which is tiled The Nephilim Were Not Mythical Angelic Offspring, June 26, 2023 AD: Edge, “graduated from Evans high school in 2000 and served four years in the United States Marine Corps right out of High School.” He references, “many discussions about the Nephilim with…

I engaged in the following discussion based on my video AronRa claims to know that God does not exist. I, Ken Ammi, noted: Ironically, in order to positively assert God’s non-existence one would have to possess omniscience and since omniscience is, traditionally, an attribute of God then one must be God in order to positively…

Undergoing review is Rev. Rob Mitchell’s lecture series Angels & Giants which he presented for St. Olave’s Anglican Church in Swansea, Toronto. In particular, the review is of the first segment which is titled, Angels & Giants, Ep. 1 – Biblical Giants: The Nephilim, Rephaim and Others. Rob Mitchell sets the goal at, “looking at…

Undergoing review is Fr. Lawrence Farley’s article, “Of Giants and Grasshoppers,” Ancient Faith Ministries, June 24, 2021. “Ancient Faith Ministries exists to carry out the Great Commission of Jesus Christ…leading to a living experience of God through His Holy Orthodox Church. Ancient Faith Ministries is a department of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North…

I titled our discussion Atheist TJump & Messianic Jew Ken Ammi AGREE since I argued that on Atheism, reality (truth, facts) is accidental, as is our ability to discern it, there’s no universal imperative to adhere to it, nor to demand/expect others adhere to it. TJump (Tom Jump) agreed with me and was reduced to…

Having posted The Orthodox Church on Angels, and more specifically Orthodox Priest Lawrence Farley writing “Of Giants and Grasshoppers”, I thought to consider the teaching of another Orthodox priest, Fr. Stephen De Young’s article, Here There Be Giants which, just as Farley’s, was posted to the Ancient Faith Ministries website: “The V. Rev. Dr. Stephen…

Lorehaven’s mission is that it, “helps Christian fans explore fantastical stories for Christ’s glory” and the, “Lorehaven Guild community help fans discern and enjoy the best Christian-made fantastical stories” yet, in this case they tackled a real issue but since they were unwilling to discuss it, I thought to post this review for them. The…