Nephilim Episodes

Were the Nephilim basically superheroes? Genesis 6 gives us “mighty men,” “heroes,” and “men of renown” language—but the flood narrative isn’t inviting admiration. Instead, this episode reframes that “superhero” instinct as something darker: a counterfeit immortality project built on power, fame, and self-made identity . From there, we follow the Bible’s “name” thread: men of the name → let us make a name for ourselves (Babel) → I will make your name great (Abram). Babel and Abraham become inter...

This week, Carey continues the Purity Series by digging into Matthew Thiessen’s Jesus and the Forces of Death: The Gospels’ Portrayal of Ritual Impurity within First-Century Judaism —and uses it as a springboard to talk about atonement, purification, and why “apocalypse” is not just end-times hype. A core thread: modern readers (and plenty of scholars) often read Jesus as if he’s against Jewish purity, when the Gospels actually portray him as rescuing people from the forces of ritual impurity —w...

In this episode we head back into Genesis 6 and ask what it means that Noah was “blameless in his generations.” Is this about genetic purity and Nephilim DNA… or about covenant faithfulness in a violently corrupt world? Working through the structure of Genesis, ancient “ancestor epics,” and the toledoth of Adam and Noah, Carey explores how Genesis 6 sets up a pattern that runs through the prophets and into the New Testament: idolatry → corruption → violence → judgment… with a righteous remnant p...

Today we step before Leviticus into Sumerian and Akkadian worlds to see how ancient people thought about purity, danger, and the sacred—and how Israel both echoes and upends that world. We sample Udug-hul exorcism tablets (incl. Tablet 12), meet storm-like demons, and trace common ancient ritual media (living water, flour circles, fire, incense, bells, tamarisk). Along the way we test big claims: holiness as a spatial/ritual frame, why “purity precedes holiness,” why Israel’s God doesn’t do “con...

Did female Nephilim exist? It's a fascinating question—and one that seems straightforward from a modern lens. But this episode takes you deep into the symbolic, theological, and cultural frameworks of the ancient world to explore why the biblical narrative omits female Nephilim entirely. Unpack the logic of Genesis 6 through the lens of biblical theology, cultural anthropology, ancient gender norms, and frame semantics. You'll also explore the significance of “gibborim,” the role of the queen mo...

How much blame does Augustine deserve for the Sethite view of Genesis 6:1-4?  A discussion on why I think the "angelic" view of Genesis 6 should be primary, and how the "human" view got solidified over time.  Spoiler alert: it's politics.   **Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot  Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/  Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/ Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan

Who were the sons of God and the nephilim?  What about the giants?  The earliest views up to the human/Sethite view in historical interpretation, with a special focus on allegory and what it is and how we might look at it.  (Skipping Augustine because he needs his own episode!)  **Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot Pilgrims in a Holy Land -The Epistle of Barnabas: Allegorical Interpretation and the Church: https://www.youtube.com/live/YvU6kRikkWA  Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot  Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/  Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/ Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan

Who were the sons of God and the nephilim?  What about the giants?  What is the earliest interpretation of Genesis 6:1-4?  When do we get the human/Sethite view?  Historical interpretation and its development up to the first couple of centuries A.D.   **Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot  Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/  Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/ Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan

Jesus says that angels in heaven don't marry, so how could the sons of God in Genesis 6 be spirit beings?  How many generations does it take for "Nephilim DNA" to be diluted?  How do we get Nephilim after the flood?  Modern DNA vs. ancient bloodlines--what's the difference?  And what does Calvinball have to do with any of that?    **Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot  Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/  Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/ Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan

The giant questions: what is the seed of the serpent, who are the Nephilim, and how is it that the flood didn't wipe them out?  Intersecting with the concepts of the divine council worldview and the identity of the sons of God (are they different from Genesis 6 to Genesis 11/Deuteronomy 32, and were they always rebellious?), and how all this fits in with the gospel of Jesus Christ and the body of Christ!  Come listen to some answers in Genesis from TJ Steadman**Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot  Answers to Giant Questions: https://giantanswers.com/index.html Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot  Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/ Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/   Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://ww…

Comparing translations of passages that touch on the Divine Council Worldview.  Why do some Bible translations have "sons of God" in Deut. 32:8 and others have "sons of Israel"?  Can humans be elohim?  What's with the "so-called gods" in 1 Cor. 8:5?  **Website: www.genesismarksthespot.com My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GenesisMarkstheSpot Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespot Genesis Marks the Spot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/genesismarksthespot/ Music credit: "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan Link to Wintergatan’s website: https://wintergatan.net/ Link to the original Marble Machine video by Wintergatan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&ab_channel=Wintergatan

Continuing the discussion about the embodied image of God, Joshua Sherman and I talk about the ancient Near East context of the image and also ethical and philosophical implications of it.  Is the image ontological or is it functional?  It is a noun or is a verb--or can we see it as both?Carmen Joy Imes, Being God’s Image: https://www.amazon.com/Being-Gods-Image-Creation-Matters-ebook/dp/B0BLD43TVC/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1683274732&sr=8-1Catherine L McDowell, The Image of God in the Garden of Eden: https://www.amazon.com/Image-God-Garden-Eden-Mesopotamia/dp/1575063484/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2BYFYZ7X527M2&keywords=the+image+of+god+in+the+garden+of+eden&qid=1683274768&sprefix=the+image+of+god+in+the%2Caps%2C196&sr=8-1&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.006c50ae-5d4c-4777-9bc0-4513d670b6bcRene Girard, I See Satan Fall Like Lightning: https://www.amazon.com/See-Satan-Fall-Like-Lightning-ebook/dp/B008KO4MGG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1683274831&sr=8-1Bonus material: http…

Who is Graham Hancock and is his Netflix show, Ancient Apocalypse supposed to mirror the History Channel show, Ancient Aliens? Do his ideas have any basis in reality or the Bible? What does his work have to do with the study of the ancient Near East? And who are the apkallu and why should we care?These questions and more will be discussed in this episode of Genesis Marks the Spot.Bonus material: https://genesis-marks-the-spot.castos.com/Genesis Marks the Spot on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genesismarksthespotPiri Reis Map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piri_Reis_map#/media/File:Piri_reis_world_map_01.jpgPiri Reis Map (Fringepop 321, YT):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCoivJ1wOgs&ab_channel=FringePop321On the Origin of the Watchers: https://www.academia.edu/4570714/On_the_Origin_of_Watchers_A_Comparative_Study_of_the_Antediluvian_Wisdom_in_Mesopotamian_and_Jewish_TraditionsRefuting Hancock with real data: https://drmsh.com/graham-hancock-bad-archaeolog…