聖書におけるネフィリム：事実かフィクションか？

What does the Bible say about the Nephilim?  The term “Nephilim” first appears in the Bible in Genesis 6:4, where it is written, “The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.” This passage suggests that the Nephilim were a formidable and somewhat enigmatic group existing in the antediluvian world. The phrase “sons of…