I am overwhelmed. by your knowledge and ability to reach so far back in the past and make it one with our Jewish world today. This article strengthened me. We are living in very tough, scary times. Am Yisrael Chai!
The claim that Nephilim just means "those who fell from the sky" and refers to the Watchers themselves misses the clear distinction in 1 Enoch. The Watchers are the Irin who fell from heaven (1 Enoch 6:6, 10:15), but their offspring are called Nephilim, meaning "fallen ones" or "those who cause others to fall," because they were born on earth with corrupted angelic traits (1 Enoch 7:2, 10:9). Joseph Malik's work shows they form a third category, neither angel nor human, due to memetic corruption of the human soul. The Enoch AI Project's analysis of 1 Enoch, 4Q201, and Genesis 6 gives 92% confidence that Nephilim refers to the giant children (300 cubits tall, 1 Enoch 7:2) and their lingering demonic spirits (1 Enoch 15:8–11), not the descending Watchers, who are called egregoroi or Irin.
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I am overwhelmed. by your knowledge and ability to reach so far back in the past and make it one with our Jewish world today. This article strengthened me. We are living in very tough, scary times. Am Yisrael Chai!
If they’d not have destroyed the records of all other commentary of the period we’d see they did as well
Nephilim are not giants. The source of the word is Naphal - fell.
Nephilim are those who fell from the sky. Came down from heaven.
The claim that Nephilim just means "those who fell from the sky" and refers to the Watchers themselves misses the clear distinction in 1 Enoch. The Watchers are the Irin who fell from heaven (1 Enoch 6:6, 10:15), but their offspring are called Nephilim, meaning "fallen ones" or "those who cause others to fall," because they were born on earth with corrupted angelic traits (1 Enoch 7:2, 10:9). Joseph Malik's work shows they form a third category, neither angel nor human, due to memetic corruption of the human soul. The Enoch AI Project's analysis of 1 Enoch, 4Q201, and Genesis 6 gives 92% confidence that Nephilim refers to the giant children (300 cubits tall, 1 Enoch 7:2) and their lingering demonic spirits (1 Enoch 15:8–11), not the descending Watchers, who are called egregoroi or Irin.