Who are the Nephilim? Genesis 6:1-4 in a new commentary!!

The long-awaited commentary on Genesis chs. 1-11 in the Anchor Bible series from recently retired Berkeley professor Ronald Hendel is now out. And the only question that matters is: WHAT DOES HE SAY ABOUT THE NEPHILIM. So here we are! Ronald Hendel, Genesis 1-11 (partial view in GoogleBooks): https://books.google.com/books?id=5pkXEQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA1&pg=PT116#v=onepage&q&f=false Ron Hendel, Center for Jewish Studies at Berkeley: https://jewishstudies.berkeley.edu/people/ron-hendel Brian's 2012 book on the "heroic" interpretation of Gen 6:1-4 (and other related texts about "giants"): The Last of the Rephaim: Conquest and Cataclysm in the Heroic Ages of Ancient Israel: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674066731 A shorter article online by Brian on this topic (from 2015): "The Embarrassing and Alluring Biblical Giant": https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/2015/12/doa398002 On the "J" (Yahwist) source: https://youtu.be/KLMUtIzyMGE ______________________________ Check out my topical playlists: https://www.youtube.com/@briandoak/playlists Publications on Academia.edu: https://georgefox.academia.edu/BrianRDoak My faculty bio: https://www.georgefox.edu/academics/undergrad/departments/religion/faculty/doak.html My personal site: https://briandoak.com