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Sons of God (Biblical Hebrew: בְנֵי־הָאֱלֹהִים, romanized: Bənē hāʾĔlōhīm, [1] literally: "the sons of Elohim" [2]) is a phrase used in the Tanakh or Old Testament and in Christian Apocrypha. The phrase is also used in Kabbalah where bene elohim are part of different Jewish angelic hierarchies.
Watchers is a 1987 suspense novel by American author Dean Koontz. Along with Strangers , Lightning , and Midnight , Watchers is credited with establishing Koontz's status as a best-selling author .
Because SparkNotes provides study guides for literature that include chapter summaries, many teachers see the website as a cheating tool. [7] These teachers argue that students can use SparkNotes as a replacement for actually completing reading assignments with the original material, [8] [9] [10] or to cheat during tests using cell phones with Internet access.
His Biblical Fantasy books, the Nephilim Chronicles, are an imaginative retelling of Biblical stories of the Nephilim giants, the secret plans of the fallen Watchers (angel), and the War of the Seed of Serpent with the Seed of Eve. The sequel series, Chronicles of the Apocalypse, tells the story of John the Apostle's Book of Revelation.
Judging by the number of copies found in the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Book of Enoch was widely read during the Second Temple period.Today, the Ethiopic Beta Israel community of Haymanot Jews is the only Jewish group that accepts the Book of Enoch as canonical and still preserves it in its liturgical language of Geʽez, where it plays a central role in worship. [6]
"Of God" is only one meaning of the Hebrew word elohim, for example it can also mean Godly, and elohim can even denote princely or high rank (god-like in a very small-g sort of sense.). Traditional Judaism generally holds that Benei elohim may mean godly children or children of Powers, but does not mean "Sons of God". The difficulty here is ...
In addition to the Book of Genesis, Hypostasis draws heavily from Enoch traditions, particularly the Book of Enoch. According to 1 Enoch, the Great Flood was a response to the Sons of God having sex with human women and defiling humanity. Hypostasis builds on this tradition in its central motif of archons attempting to rape Norea and Eve.
Scythe is a 2016 young adult novel by Neal Shusterman and is the first in the Arc of a Scythe series. It is set in the far future, where death, disease, and unhappiness have been virtually eliminated due to advances in technology, and a benevolent artificial intelligence known as the Thunderhead peacefully governs a united Earth.