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In the Bible we read about the Nephilim who lived during the time of Noah before the Great Flood (Genesis 6:1-4). They are also mentioned again many years after the Flood in Numbers 13:33. Did they escape the Flood? Depending on your translation, they are also called "giants" along with the Rephaim and the Anakim. Who are they?

In the Old Testament of the Bible we read about giants who lived on the earth (Genesis 6; Numbers 13). These extra-large humans are called in Hebrew the Nephilim, though other names for giants include the Rephaim and the Anakim. Who are they, and what can we know about them?

We read in Genesis 6 that when the “sons of God” saw how beautiful the “daughters of man” were, they took (for sexual union) whichever ones they decided. We read in Genesis 6 that when the "sons of God" saw how beautiful the "daughters of man" were, they too (for sexual union) whichever ones they decided...

The year 2022 marks 75 years since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. John Currid explains how they were found and how they changed biblical studies forever.

One of the most popular and thoughtful evangelical bloggers on the web, Scot McKnight discusses theology and current events in conversation with others.

A sprawling compound shows that the area's (sometimes gruesome) history, tied to an ancient Jewish sect, extends well beyond the caves made famous in 1947

Scholars have struggled how to explain the lack of more permanent residences at Qumran, but a new theory suggests that the grounds served as a religious competitor to Jerusalem

(© David Elkington) “More Important than the Dead Sea Scrolls” What we were looking at were very early books. The discovery was soon to be described as ‘more important than the Dead Sea Scrolls ’ by the Director of Antiquities in Amman, Jordan – and here we were in Northern Jordan, in pursuit of documents that could very well change everything we know of the origins of Christianity. The documents first came to light in 2007 when we were first asked to provide an initial assessment...