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| − | <mekorot><multilink><a href="Jubilees5" data-aht="source">Jubilees</a><a href="Jubilees5" data-aht="source">5:1-27</a><a href="Jubilees7-22-29" data-aht="source">7:22-29</a><a href="Jubilees" data-aht="parshan">About Jubilees</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="Enoch6-1" data-aht="source">Enoch</a><a href="Enoch6-1" data-aht="source">6:1-8</a><a href="Enoch7-1" data-aht="source">7:1-6</a><a href="EnochChapter9-4-9" data-aht="source">Chapter 9:4-9</a><a href="EnochChapter10-4-9" data-aht="source">Chapter 10:4-9</a><a href="Enoch" data-aht="parshan">About Enoch</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="2Baruch56-10-16" data-aht="source">2Baruch</a><a href="2Baruch56-10-16" data-aht="source">2Baruch 56:10-16</a><a href="2Baruch 56:10-16" data-aht="parshan">About 2Baruch 56:10-16</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="Philo.2CQuestionsandAnswersonGenesisI-92" data-aht="source">Philo</a><a href="Philo.2CQuestionsandAnswersonGenesisI-92" data-aht="source">Questions and Answers on Genesis I:92</a><a href="Philo.2COntheGiants-2.2C4-5.2C7-8" data-aht="source"> On the Giants:2,4-5,7-8</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="Josephus1-3" data-aht="source">Josephus</a><a href="Josephus1-3" data-aht="source">Antiquities 1:3:1-2</a><a href="Josephus" data-aht="parshan">About Josephus</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="PirkeiDRE22" data-aht="source">Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer</a><a href="PirkeiDRE22" data-aht="source">22</a><a href="Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer" data-aht="parshan">About Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="BereshitRabbatiBereshit6-2(pp29-31)" data-aht="source">Bereshit Rabbati</a><a href="BereshitRabbatiBereshit6-2(pp29-31)" data-aht="source">Bereshit 6:2 (pp.29-31)</a><a href="Bereshit Rabbati" data-aht="parshan">About Bereshit Rabbati</a></multilink></mekorot> | + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="Jubilees5" data-aht="source">Jubilees</a><a href="Jubilees5" data-aht="source">5:1-27</a><a href="Jubilees7-22-29" data-aht="source">7:22-29</a><a href="Jubilees" data-aht="parshan">About Jubilees</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="Enoch6-1" data-aht="source">Enoch</a><a href="Enoch6-1" data-aht="source">6:1-8</a><a href="Enoch7-1" data-aht="source">7:1-6</a><a href="EnochChapter9-4-9" data-aht="source">Chapter 9:4-9</a><a href="EnochChapter10-4-9" data-aht="source">Chapter 10:4-9</a><a href="Enoch" data-aht="parshan">About Enoch</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="2Baruch56-10-16" data-aht="source">2Baruch</a><a href="2Baruch56-10-16" data-aht="source">2Baruch 56:10-16</a><a href="2Baruch 56:10-16" data-aht="parshan">About 2Baruch 56:10-16</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="Philo.2CQuestionsandAnswersonGenesisI-92" data-aht="source">Philo</a><a href="Philo.2CQuestionsandAnswersonGenesisI-92" data-aht="source">Questions and Answers on Genesis I:92</a><a href="Philo.2COntheGiants-2.2C4-5.2C7-8" data-aht="source"> On the Giants:2,4-5,7-8</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="Josephus1-3" data-aht="source">Josephus</a><a href="Josephus1-3" data-aht="source">Antiquities 1:3:1-2</a><a href="Josephus" data-aht="parshan">About Josephus</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="PirkeiDRE22" data-aht="source">Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer</a><a href="PirkeiDRE22" data-aht="source">22</a><a href="Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer" data-aht="parshan">About Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="BereshitRabbatiBereshit6-2(pp29-31)" data-aht="source">Bereshit Rabbati</a><a href="BereshitRabbatiBereshit6-2(pp29-31)" data-aht="source">Bereshit 6:2 (pp.29-31)</a><a href="Bereshit Rabbati" data-aht="parshan">About Bereshit Rabbati</a></multilink>, Cassuto</mekorot> |
| − | <point><b>Meaning of "בְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים"</b></point> | + | <point><b>Meaning of "בְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים"</b> – These sources understand "בְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים" to refer to angels. As evidence, Cassuto  points to parallel phrases 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></point> | + | <point><b>Meaning of "בְּנוֹת הָאָדָם"</b> – This phrase refers to human women.  They are referred to as the "daughters of man" as a contrast to the "sons of god", to highlight that</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 04:52, 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 phrases in Tehillim 29:1 and Iyyov 1:6.
Meaning of "בְּנוֹת הָאָדָם" – This phrase refers to human women. They are referred to as the "daughters of man" as a contrast to the "sons of god", to highlight that
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
