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Endnote 7 - When the Sons of God Cavorted with the Daughters of Men

Siegfried H. Horn, “The Amman Citadel Inscription,” BASOR 193 (1969) pp. 2–13.

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Endnote 6 - When the Sons of God Cavorted with the Daughters of Men

Arslan Tash (KAI 27.11) and Karatepe (KAI 26.A.III.19). Translations of the Karatepe inscription and one of the inscriptions from Arslan Tash may be found in Ancient Near Eastern Texts Related to the Old Testament, ed. James B. Pritchard (3rd ed; Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1969), p. 654 (Karatepe), and p. 658 (Arslan Tash).

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Endnote 5 - When the Sons of God Cavorted with the Daughters of Men

The Septuagint reads literally “the angels of God” (aggeloµn theou); this, however, is the usual and normal Septuagint translation of the Hebrew “Sons of God.”

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Endnote 4 - When the Sons of God Cavorted with the Daughters of Men

See also (beûneÆ ‘elyoÆn) and Daniel 3:25 (bar ÕeûlaµhiÆn).

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Endnote 3 - When the Sons of God Cavorted with the Daughters of Men

Julius Wellhausen, Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel, transl. J. S. Black and A. Menzies (Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1885), p. 317.

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Endnote 2 - When the Sons of God Cavorted with the Daughters of Men

For a more detailed discussion of what follows, with complete references, see Ronald S. Hendel, “Of Demigods and the Deluge: Toward an Interpretation of Genesis 6:1–4, ” forthcoming in the Journal of Biblical Literature, 106 (1987), pp. 13–26.