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| − | Nubile | + | * Nubile: a sexually mature young woman |
| − | + | * Letters: french letter - sl. condom ("flushcaloured" - flesh coloured). | |
| − | The Book of Jubilees narrates the genesis of angels on the first day of Creation and the story of how a group of fallen angels mated with mortal females, giving rise to a race of giants known as the Nephilim. | + | * Jubilee letters - (Jubilee Lessers) The Book of Jubilees expands and reworks material found in Genesis to Exodus 15.22 to recast the traditions of Judaism in the light of traditionalist concerns of the 2nd century BC. Sometimes called the <b>Lesser</b> Genesis (Leptogenesis), it was well known to early Christian writers in the East and the West. Later it was so thoroughly suppressed that no complete Greek or Latin version has survived. The Book of Jubilees narrates the genesis of angels on the first day of Creation and the story of how a group of fallen angels mated with mortal females, giving rise to a race of giants known as the Nephilim.... Biblical references to "giants" found in Numbers, Deuteronomy, and Joshua have confused some who erroneously regard these "giants" as the Nephilim; however the Hebrew words for "giants" in these verses are "Anakim" or "Rephaim", and these references in no way contradict the account of the Nephilim being completely destroyed in the Deluge. However, Jubilees does state that God granted ten percent of the disembodied spirits of the Nephilim to try to lead mankind astray after the flood. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubilees |
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| − | Biblical references to "giants" found in Numbers, Deuteronomy, and Joshua have confused some who erroneously regard these "giants" as the Nephilim; however the Hebrew words for "giants" in these verses are "Anakim" or "Rephaim", and these references in no way contradict the account of the Nephilim being completely destroyed in the Deluge. However, Jubilees does state that God granted ten percent of the disembodied spirits of the Nephilim to try to lead mankind astray after the flood. | ||
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Revision as of 15:44, 20 December 2005
- Nubile: a sexually mature young woman
- Letters: french letter - sl. condom ("flushcaloured" - flesh coloured).
- Jubilee letters - (Jubilee Lessers) The Book of Jubilees expands and reworks material found in Genesis to Exodus 15.22 to recast the traditions of Judaism in the light of traditionalist concerns of the 2nd century BC. Sometimes called the Lesser Genesis (Leptogenesis), it was well known to early Christian writers in the East and the West. Later it was so thoroughly suppressed that no complete Greek or Latin version has survived. The Book of Jubilees narrates the genesis of angels on the first day of Creation and the story of how a group of fallen angels mated with mortal females, giving rise to a race of giants known as the Nephilim.... Biblical references to "giants" found in Numbers, Deuteronomy, and Joshua have confused some who erroneously regard these "giants" as the Nephilim; however the Hebrew words for "giants" in these verses are "Anakim" or "Rephaim", and these references in no way contradict the account of the Nephilim being completely destroyed in the Deluge. However, Jubilees does state that God granted ten percent of the disembodied spirits of the Nephilim to try to lead mankind astray after the flood. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubilees
