Nephilim: Between Heaven and Earth

Who Were the “Sons of God” in Genesis 6? Giants, Angels, or Metaphor

A brief passage, a long history of interpretation.

Genesis 6:1–4 is striking for its brevity—and for the centuries of debate it has provoked. In only a few lines, Scripture names the “sons of God” and the Nephilim, yet offers almost no explanation, leaving readers to wrestle with the text itself.

This book stays close to the wording of the passage and keeps a careful distinction: what the text actually says and how it has been read. It guides the reader through the major interpretive lines that emerged in Jewish and Christian tradition, without allowing later systems to drown out the spare biblical witness.

Along the way, key terms are examined in context, major voices in the history of reception are weighed, and the reader is given a disciplined path through a subject that is often obscured by speculation and legend.

For those who do not wish to pass over Genesis 6 lightly, but to read it with reverence and care, this volume offers clear, text-centered guidance.