When Giants Were Upon the Earth: The Watchers, The Nephilim, and the Cosmic War of the Seed (Chronicles of the Nephilim)

Stimulating reading for science-minded and biblically minded readers. The author who wrote this book has a lot to say about some of the strange images we read about in the Bible. Giants, flying reptiles, satyrs, fauns, denizens, angels, demons, etc. Once I read this, I began realizing that much of the strange things we see in the world outside the Bible are about as realistic as some of these images mentioned in the Bible. The battle between our minds and our souls carries on.

It is a well written book and informative. The topic interested me.

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I'm sort of a fan of Dr. Michael Heiser, who wrote the Foreword in this book, so I was very familiar with the subject matter. This book is written as the appendices of the Chronicles of the Nephilim, but can certainly stand alone as a book to enjoy. Actually, the author does an excellent job of not burdening the reader with too many details from the series of books that this book pertains to. When reading the Bible, there's so many fascinating details that are totally missed. It is a multi-dimensional and supernatural Book that is meant to be studied. The fallen angels and giants are never taught in Sunday School and only briefly mentioned in sermons (if at all). But what happened in the beginning opens our eyes to the whole big picture of the sources of evil AND it paves the way to understanding the Bible as a whole. I highly recommend When Giants Were Upon The Earth by Brian Godawa. It provides over 600 notes in the back of the book for further study and references. Have a highlighter handy (or get ready to highlight a lot on your kindle) because you will want to go back and study some things in greater detail.

What a refreshing cup of water to a thirsty mind! I'm so glad I stumbled across this book and this author, Brian Godawa. I was beginning to think I was the only person on earth who had questions about traditional Christianity versus ancient cultures as well as other mysteries on our earth, and this book has made some links and clarifications on some fascinating subjects that aren't dealt with much in the modern church. It didn't matter that this book is a compilation of appendices based on his research for one of his fiction series. It read, easily, as a non-fiction book and I appreciated how the author used facts based off of biblical and other ancient documents in a rather logical way, with limited conjecture and emotion. I tried absorbing the information in this book as quickly as possible, and already have admired and desired the author's other utterly fascinating book offers. Thank you, Mr. Godawa, for your seeming unrelentless pursuit of truth! I stand with you.

I thought this was the actual book but it is not. It's about specific biblical references and relevance and sources the author used in the Nephilim Chronicles he wrote. Good Info but not what I expected. I should have been more careful.

Often when reading through the Bible, whether one does so for religious reasons or not, we miss details in the background. Or we do not take into consideration cultural context while interpreting passages. Sometimes, due to difficulties in translating ancient languages into modern ones, some things are literally lost in translation. In this volume, where Godawa collects material he has previously published into one volume, he examines many of these issues. In particular, he focuses on topics that have long mystified people and been the subject of much conjecture and fictionalization: Nephilim, Watchers and giants. He also takes a close look at verses that may have had supernatural elements inadvertently scrubbed: The strange ariel creatures in 2 Samuel 23:20 translated instead into men, or the demons and goblins of Isaiah 13:21-22 written off as wild animals, etc. Clues to a different ancient world than usually supposed?The only misstep is his adherence to the John Walton ANE interpretation. This is based on superficial interpretation, and worse history (e.g. the whole ANE "dome" interpretation of creation is largely mythical). Walton's books haves done a huge disservice in undermining biblical inerrancy. See Hugh Ross' Rescuing Inerrancy for more on Walton and others who aren't too good at biblical study.There's a lot of food for thought in these pages. For more, see Navigating Genesis: A Scientist's Journey through Genesis 1-11 and The Bible among the Myths: Unique Revelation or Just Ancient Literature?.

Very interesting book, packed with much research and backstory. I first got this book because I was interested in Brian Godawa’s series and I wanted to get where he got his information and backstory. Boy was I surprised when I found out after reading that there is much to study and dissect. I received more information than I know what to do with and I have pretty good source material and insight into my own adventures. I am so grateful to Mr. Godawa for providing this information and insight into how he created this series and where he fathered his material from. This is one book everyone must have.

The author is well written and definitely does his research. His books raise many challenging questions and provide much insight into the deep mysteries of the Bible. Well worth reading and exploring.

There is much good work here by Brian and much food for thought. I haven`t actually read the Chronicles of the Nephilim yet, but after reading this, I now have a good idea of the Worldview behind it. Brian is an extremely well read individual, and it shows in the copious amount of sources he quotes from, in the various essays he writes throughout this selection. The book is not just about the Nephilim, it actually covers in great depth, the varying factors of the ANE Worldview in its context and how the ANE viewed their world from a functional perspective, rather than material. Brian explains it well, but I do think in some cases, which I think is a concern with most people, that the functional explanation of the creation narrative of Genesis, as theologian John H. Walton explains for instance, undermines the creation narrative itself in over-spiritualising things, thus taking away the reality of it. I get Brian's point of view on Cultural Imperialism, but I do believe that this over-spiritualising does indeed take away from the creation narrative, and the purpose of creation; to me, material and function go hand in hand, and yes I am a young earth creationist, was to create a perfect functioning material all for the glory of God, which was sadly maimed by the fall. This means I do take umbrage with Brian's description, though not completely, of the Leviathan in Job 41, which Brian describes as a chaos monster, which does have a ring of truth to it, but I do also believe was in fact a real monster due to the very detailed description given of it, which suggests something more to me than just a chaotic creature.That said, I love the last 2 chapters; the description of Jesus' victory is a true message of hope, because Jesus Triumphant, not only describes our sin being paid for, but complete and total victory over the fallen Watchers and the bastard spirits that came from the Nephilim. If you read these chapters in converse with Michael Heiser's excellent work, "Reversing Hermon," it all falls into place and this is wonderfully revelatory for those who are new to the Divine Council Worldview. That Jesus reverses the effects of the fall, not just of the Watchers, but our fall also, if only we put our faith in his completed work on the cross, and his subsequent descent into Hades, proclaiming victory there, to the imprisoned Spirits, serving them notice and his ascent into the Heavens to rule. If only, we could learn more fully to rule with him, then we might see less evil in the world, but such is our nature. Also well described is the Underworld of Hades, I love the charts Brian put in the book, it really gives us a sense of just how the ANE peoples saw the world at that time, and indeed we do now know where the Christian Flat Earthers, get there theories from, but we do need to understand though, these people were from a pre-scientific age, which does not mean they were any less intelligent, its just they saw the world differently and the sky to their eyes really was like a dome.The book is heavy in parts, no doubt, but Brian sources his work well, and there are many detailed references should you want to follow up on anything. Brian writes in an easy conversational style, so don't be put off by the subject matter, it will inform you and enlarge your understanding of these very important spiritual issues. I believe this is an exciting new development within the realm of Biblical studies and I am personally looking forward to going into deeper study in this area.

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Contiene gran material de referencia. Excelente para aquellos que desean iniciar a aprender sobre el tema de la portada, y mucho más.

Enjoyed reading this book and I learnt a few new things from it thanks author.