Who were the Nephilim? (Data Over Dogma)
From Dan McClellan.
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portion of a Data Over Dogma episode in which Dan Beecher and I read Genesis 6:1-4: what it actually says about the sons of God and the daughters of humans, why ‘Nephilim’ doesn’t mean giants, how the Nephilim turn up again after the flood in Numbers 13, why the passage looks like a later insertion, and who the sons of God originally were.
Full episode on YouTube: Who are the REAL Christians?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yviFHESG_HA
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0:00 Genesis 6: the sons of God and the daughters of humans
1:59 Verse 4 and the Nephilim
4:00 Numbers 13 and the spies
4:49 Nephilim doesn’t mean giants
6:56 Nephilim after the flood?
9:02 A later insertion?
11:08 Who are the sons of God?
12:19 El, Elyon and the divine council
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Mormonism in Five Minutes: https://www.equinoxpub.com/projects/mormonism-in-five-minutes
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YHWH & El: https://www.maklelan.org/resource_redirect/offers/hW7cy3Dk
The Israelite Goddess Asherah: https://www.maklelan.org/resource_redirect/offers/nofUb32s
Satan and the Bible: https://www.maklelan.org/resource_redirect/offers/8EFo9Z73
How Did We Get the Biblical Canon:
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The Divine Council: https://www.maklelan.org/resource_redirect/offers/rFyrnwd4
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portion of a Data Over Dogma episode in which Dan Beecher and I read Genesis 6:1-4: what it actually says about the sons of God and the daughters of humans, why ‘Nephilim’ doesn’t mean giants, how the Nephilim turn up again after the flood in Numbers 13, why the passage looks like a later insertion, and who the sons of God originally were.
Full episode on YouTube: Who are the REAL Christians?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yviFHESG_HA
New Data Over Dogma episodes every week: https://www.youtube.com/@dataoverdogma
0:00 Genesis 6: the sons of God and the daughters of humans
1:59 Verse 4 and the Nephilim
4:00 Numbers 13 and the spies
4:49 Nephilim doesn’t mean giants
6:56 Nephilim after the flood?
9:02 A later insertion?
11:08 Who are the sons of God?
12:19 El, Elyon and the divine council
My Socials
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@maklelan
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maklelan
Threads: https://www.threads.com/@maklelan
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniel.o.mcclellan
X: https://x.com/maklelan
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/maklelan.bsky.social
My Resources & Scholarship
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/maklelan
DECONSTRUCTiCON
https://deconstructicon.com/
My Books
YHWH’s Divine Images: https://www.sbl-site.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/9781628374407.pdf
The Bible Says So: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250347466/thebiblesaysso/
Mormonism in Five Minutes: https://www.equinoxpub.com/projects/mormonism-in-five-minutes
The Meanings and End(s) of Monotheism: https://cart.sbl-site.org/books/140377P
My Podcast
Website: https://www.dataoverdogmapod.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dataoverdogma
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/data-over-dogma/id1681418502
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1KKyNZlSapgVppDT2jrCBl
My Classes
Intro to Biblical Hebrew, Part 1: https://www.maklelan.org/offers/t5nsQGZU/checkout
Homosexuality and the Bible: https://www.maklelan.org/resource_redirect/offers/xRGVhRjR
YHWH & El: https://www.maklelan.org/resource_redirect/offers/hW7cy3Dk
The Israelite Goddess Asherah: https://www.maklelan.org/resource_redirect/offers/nofUb32s
Satan and the Bible: https://www.maklelan.org/resource_redirect/offers/8EFo9Z73
How Did We Get the Biblical Canon:
https://www.maklelan.org/resource_redirect/offers/MGFouo2q
The Divine Council: https://www.maklelan.org/resource_redirect/offers/rFyrnwd4
The Book of Revelation: https://www.maklelan.org/resource_redirect/offers/6KZzwJD9
Is Jesus God?: https://www.maklelan.org/resource_redirect/offers/dPf52ze3
My Apparel & Other Merch
Amaze: https://app.amazecommerce.com/shop/data-over-dogma
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