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<point><b>Meaning of "בְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים"</b> – These sources understand "בְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים" to refer to angels. As evidence, Cassuto  points to parallel terms in <a href="Tehillim29-1" data-aht="source">Tehillim 29:1</a> and <a href="Iyyov1-6" data-aht="source">Iyyov 1:6</a>.</point> | <point><b>Meaning of "בְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים"</b> – These sources understand "בְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים" to refer to angels. As evidence, Cassuto  points to parallel terms in <a href="Tehillim29-1" data-aht="source">Tehillim 29:1</a> and <a href="Iyyov1-6" data-aht="source">Iyyov 1:6</a>.</point> | ||
<point><b>Meaning of "בְּנוֹת הָאָדָם"</b> – This phrase refers to women in general.  They are referred to as the "daughters of man" as a contrast to the "sons of god", to highlight that while the latter were angelic, they were mere humans.</point> | <point><b>Meaning of "בְּנוֹת הָאָדָם"</b> – This phrase refers to women in general.  They are referred to as the "daughters of man" as a contrast to the "sons of god", to highlight that while the latter were angelic, they were mere humans.</point> | ||
| − | <point><b>Can angels have relations?</b> R. Yehoshua in Pirkei de Rabbi Eliezer questions how angels which are noncorporeal, can have relations or bear children. He answers that these angels were fallen angels who assumed the form and body of humans when they fell from holiness. Cassuto suggests, instead, that there are many levels of angels and while those closest to Hashem (מלאכי השרת) do not procreate, the lesser angels do.<fn>He points to | + | <point><b>Can angels have relations?</b> R. Yehoshua in Pirkei de Rabbi Eliezer questions how angels which are noncorporeal, can have relations or bear children. He answers that these angels were fallen angels who assumed the form and body of humans when they fell from holiness. Cassuto suggests, instead, that there are many levels of angels and while those closest to Hashem (מלאכי השרת) do not procreate, the lesser angels do.<fn>He points to <a href="BavliChagigah16a" data-aht="source">Bavli Chagigah 16a</a> which contrasts ministering angels with שדים, asserting that only the la</fn></point> |
<point><b>Evaluation of the action</b></point> | <point><b>Evaluation of the action</b></point> | ||
<point><b>120 years</b></point> | <point><b>120 years</b></point> | ||
Version as of 08:00, 14 August 2015
בני האלהים and בנות האדם
Exegetical Approaches
Overview
Mingling of Angels and Men
Sources:Jubilees, Enoch, 2Baruch, Philo, Josephus, Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, Bereshit Rabbati, Cassuto
Meaning of "בְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים" – These sources understand "בְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים" to refer to angels. As evidence, Cassuto points to parallel terms in Tehillim 29:1 and Iyyov 1:6.
Meaning of "בְּנוֹת הָאָדָם" – This phrase refers to women in general. They are referred to as the "daughters of man" as a contrast to the "sons of god", to highlight that while the latter were angelic, they were mere humans.
Can angels have relations? R. Yehoshua in Pirkei de Rabbi Eliezer questions how angels which are noncorporeal, can have relations or bear children. He answers that these angels were fallen angels who assumed the form and body of humans when they fell from holiness. Cassuto suggests, instead, that there are many levels of angels and while those closest to Hashem (מלאכי השרת) do not procreate, the lesser angels do.1
Evaluation of the action
120 years
הַנְּפִלִים
Giants after the flood
Angelology
Polemical motivations
Purpose of the story
Corruption of Power
Sources:Sifre Bemidbar, Targum Onkelos, R. Shimon b. Yochai in Bereshit Rabbah, R. Saadia, Rashi, R. Yosef Bekhor Shor, Radak, Ramban, Abarbanel #2
