I'm doing some research on the Nephilim and am trying to find the text of Targum Yonathan online. Does anyone here know if this is available anywhere?
Thanks in advance,
Lane
Thanks in advance,
Lane
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Targum Yonathan
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Thanks... I am specifically looking for the text referenced in Gill's Exposition on Gen. 6:4 saying "...the Targum of Jonathan mentions by name, and calls them Schanchazai and Uziel, who fell from heaven, and were in the earth in those days"
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Well, Targum Jonathan is a horrible paraphrase. If you're interested in what the Jews thought about the Nephilim, pay attention to those works. If you're interested in what the Nephilim were, then you need to read near eastern history, particularly canaanite myths.
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justified said:
Well, we don't know when Genesis x:y was written, but at least later "The Nephilim" were thought of as "Giants", see e.g. this page The Nephilim, which mentions "The Book of Giants", found in the Qumran caves.
According to that same page "nephilim" is from the root "nephel" meaning "untimely birth, abortion, miscarriage", though Zechariah Sitchin claims that "nephilim" means "those who came down", but of course, excuse me for the comparison, there is some similarity between an abortion and to come down.
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Actually the root is npl, a Semitic root, cf. Akkadian napalum. The Semantic range is "falling, coming down." Cf. this sentence from the article you referenced:
In fact, I think the best explanation would is this:
In Canaan, of course, you have a lot of issues with sacred prostitution. Cf. Wenham's Commentary on Genesis.
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justified said:
Ok, thanks for your information.
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Is there much evidence of this?
Seeing that "Nephilim" might mean "Fallen Ones" or "Those who came down", we should then perhaps read the sons of God of Genesis 6 to be "fallen stars" - compare with Job 38:7. Or what is your opinion on that?
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