{"id":14284,"date":"2025-05-04T08:43:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T05:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drelisblog.com\/qui-etaient-les-nephilim\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T08:43:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T05:43:55","slug":"qui-etaient-les-nephilim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jewishstudiesforchristians.com\/fr\/qui-etaient-les-nephilim\/","title":{"rendered":"Qui \u00e9taient les Nephilim ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4102\" class=\"elementor elementor-4102\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b3c848f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7b3c848f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4961e273 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4961e273\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: start;\">Dans les versets pr\u00e9c\u00e9dents (Gn 6.1-2), nous avons lu que le groupe myst\u00e9rieux appel\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0les fils de Dieu\u00a0\u00bb prenait les \u00ab\u00a0filles des hommes\u00a0\u00bb pour en faire leurs \u00e9pouses \u00e0 volont\u00e9. Nous avons discut\u00e9 de plusieurs options d&rsquo;interpr\u00e9tation possibles lorsqu&rsquo;il s&rsquo;agit d&rsquo;identifier qui sont les \u00ab\u00a0fils de Dieu\u00a0\u00bb. Nous avons conclu que la mani\u00e8re la plus responsable d&rsquo;interpr\u00e9ter ce texte difficile (bien que d&rsquo;autres interpr\u00e9tations soient \u00e9galement possibles) est de consid\u00e9rer les \u00ab\u00a0fils de Dieu\u00a0\u00bb comme des \u00eatres c\u00e9lestes puissants, membres du Conseil divin (Ps 82). Nous allons maintenant nous pencher sur le lien avec les l\u00e9gendaires Nephilim (\u00e9galement connus dans certaines traductions sous le nom de g\u00e9ants).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">Les Nephilim dans la Gen\u00e8se : Un lien provisoire<\/span><\/b> <b><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\" align=\"right\"><span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"HE\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">\u05d4\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05bc\u05e4\u05b4\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5, \u05d1\u05b7\u05bc\u05d9\u05b8\u05bc\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05b8\u05d4\u05b5\u05dd, \u05d5\u05b0\u05d2\u05b7\u05dd \u05d0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9-\u05db\u05b5\u05df \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05b6\u05c1\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b8\u05d1\u05b9\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05e0\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05dd, \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b8\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd : \u05d4\u05b5\u05de\u05b8\u05bc\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d2\u05b4\u05bc\u05d1\u05b9\u05bc\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05b6\u05c1\u05e8 \u05de\u05b5\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd, \u05d0\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05e9\u05b5\u05c1\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e9\u05b5\u05bc\u05c1\u05dd :<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in;\"><b><sup><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">4 <\/span><\/sup><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">LesLes Nephilim \u00e9taient sur la terre<\/span><span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"HE\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">(\u05d4\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05bc\u05e4\u05b4\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5\u05bc<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"> \u05d1\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5) en ces jours-l\u00e0, et aussi apr\u00e8s, lorsque les fils de Dieu entr\u00e8rent chez les filles de l&rsquo;humanit\u00e9 <\/span><span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"HE\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">(\u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05b6\u05c1\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b8\u05d1\u05b9\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05e0\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"> \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05dd)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">, et qu&rsquo;elles leur enfant\u00e8rent des fils. C&rsquo;\u00e9taient des hommes forts, <i>anciens<\/i>, des hommes de renom<\/span><span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"HE\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">(\u05d4\u05b5\u05de\u05b8\u05bc\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d2\u05b4\u05bc\u05d1\u05b9\u05bc\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05b6\u05c1\u05e8<\/span> <span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"HE\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">\u05de\u05b5\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd, \u05d0\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05e9\u05b5\u05c1\u05d9<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"> \u05d4\u05b7\u05e9\u05b5\u05bc\u05c1\u05dd). (Gn 6:4)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">Selon les traditions expos\u00e9es dans les livres d&rsquo;H\u00e9noch et des Jubil\u00e9s, les Nephilim \u00e9taient les enfants et les petits-enfants de ces unions. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Avec le temps<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">, ce <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">point de vue est devenu majoritaire dans une grande vari\u00e9t\u00e9 de traditions juives et chr\u00e9tiennes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">Relisez Gen\u00e8se 6, cette fois-ci lentement et attentivement. Remarquez-vous \u00e0 quel point l&rsquo;auteur h\u00e9site et ne s&rsquo;engage pas \u00e0 \u00e9tablir un lien entre les deux \u00e9v\u00e9nements ? \u00c0 tout le moins, nous pouvons dire que <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Mo\u00efse<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"> ne semble pas certain de ce lien. Il observe qu&rsquo;\u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9poque o\u00f9 les fils de Dieu ont commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 avoir des relations sexuelles avec les filles de l&rsquo;homme, les Nephilim vivaient sur terre. Il utilise l&rsquo;expression h\u00e9bra\u00efque <\/span><span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"HE\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">\u05d1\u05b7\u05bc\u05d9\u05b8\u05bc\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05b8\u05d4\u05b5\u05dd<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"> (bayamim haham), qui signifie \u00ab\u00a0pendant ces jours-l\u00e0\u00a0\u00bb Il ajoute ensuite \u00ab\u00a0et aussi apr\u00e8s\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"HE\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">(\u05d5\u05b0\u05d2\u05b7\u05dd \u05d0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">; v&rsquo;gam acharey). Si vous nous posez la question, nous dirons que le texte de Gen\u00e8se 6:1-4 justifie de conclure que Mo\u00efse soup\u00e7onnait les Nephilim d&rsquo;\u00eatre la prog\u00e9niture de ces unions interdites, mais qu&rsquo;il n&rsquo;en \u00e9tait pas certain. C&rsquo;est raisonnable, apr\u00e8s tout, puisque Mo\u00efse n&rsquo;a pas v\u00e9cu \u00e0 cette \u00e9poque ancienne et qu&rsquo;il n&rsquo;a pas re\u00e7u d&rsquo;informations de premi\u00e8re main de la part de quelqu&rsquo;un qui a v\u00e9cu \u00e0 cette \u00e9poque. Il a \u00e9crit bien des si\u00e8cles plus tard en se basant<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"> sur la tradition orale qui lui avait \u00e9t\u00e9 transmise<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">Deuxi\u00e8mement, nous voulons attirer votre attention sur le fait que Mo\u00efse lui-m\u00eame ne semble pas consid\u00e9rer les Nephilim de mani\u00e8re n\u00e9gative. \u00c0 ce stade du r\u00e9cit de Mo\u00efse, <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">il<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">semble parler des Nephilim avec presque <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">de <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">l <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">&lsquo;admiration <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"> (\u00ab\u00a0C&rsquo;\u00e9taient les hommes puissants d&rsquo;autrefois, les hommes de renom\u00a0\u00bb).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">Les Nephilim dans les Nombres : Les g\u00e9ants et la peur<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Alors que nous poursuivons notre \u00e9tude de la nature des Nephilim, nous ne pouvons \u00e9viter de nous pencher sur un texte cl\u00e9 du livre des Nombres. Nous y lisons un rapport n\u00e9gatif que les espions envoy\u00e9s par Mo\u00efse ont rapport\u00e9 de la terre promise<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">: <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in;\"><b><sup><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">28 <\/span><\/sup><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">&#8230;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">le peuple qui habite le pays est fort, et les villes sont fortifi\u00e9es <i>et<\/i> tr\u00e8s grandes. Et en effet, nous<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"> y avons<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">vu les descendants d&rsquo;Anak<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">!<\/span> (<span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"> <b><sup>29 <\/sup><\/b>Amalek habite le pays du N\u00e9guev, les H\u00e9thiens, les J\u00e9busiens et les Amor\u00e9ens habitent la montagne, et les Canan\u00e9ens habitent le long de la mer et du Jourdain\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">&#8230; <\/span><b><sup><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">32 <\/span><\/sup><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">Ils rapport\u00e8rent aux fils d&rsquo;Isra\u00ebl un mauvais rapport sur le pays qu&rsquo;ils avaient explor\u00e9, en disant : \u00ab\u00a0Le pays que nous avons explor\u00e9 est un pays qui d\u00e9vore ses habitants, et tous les peuples que nous y avons vus sont des peuples de <i>haute<\/i> stature. <b><sup>33 <\/sup><\/b>Nous<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"> y<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">avons vu aussi les<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"> Nephilim<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"HE\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">(<\/span><span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"HE\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">\u05d4\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05bc\u05e4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc\u05b4\u059b\u05d9\u05dd<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">), fils d&rsquo;Anak, issus des Nephilim<\/span><span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"HE\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">(\u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05e0\u05b5\u05a5\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b2\u05e0\u05b8\u0596\u05e7 \u05de\u05b4\u05df-<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">\u05d4\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05bc\u05e4\u05b4\u05dc\u05b4\u0591\u05d9\u05dd) ; et nous \u00e9tions comme des sauterelles \u00e0 nos propres yeux, et ainsi nous \u00e9tions \u00e0 leurs yeux.\u00a0\u00bb <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">(Nb 13:28-33)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">La raison pour laquelle Nombres 13:33 utilise une orthographe diff\u00e9rente pour la premi\u00e8re et la deuxi\u00e8me utilisation de Nephilim dans une seule et m\u00eame phrase n&rsquo;est pas claire. La premi\u00e8re variante comporte \u00ab\u00a0yod\u00a0\u00bb, la seconde non.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">L&rsquo;orthographe<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">\u00ab\u00a0\u05e0\u05b0\u05bc\u05e4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd\u00a0\u00bb <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">(premi\u00e8re utilisation) <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">ne correspond pas parfaitement \u00e0 la morphologie attendue de la racine h\u00e9bra\u00efque \u00ab\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">\u05e0\u05b8\u05e4\u05b7\u05dc\u00a0\u00bb (naphal), qui signifie \u00ab\u00a0tomber\u00a0\u00bb. <\/span>\u00ab\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">Michael Heiser note que si \u00ab\u00a0Nephilim\u00a0\u00bb \u00e9tait d\u00e9riv\u00e9 de \u00ab\u00a0naphal\u00a0\u00bb, il serait orthographi\u00e9 diff\u00e9remment, comme \u00ab\u00a0nephulim\u00a0\u00bb ou \u00ab\u00a0nophelim\u00a0\u00bb, selon les r\u00e8gles de formation des mots h\u00e9bra\u00efques. Il \u00e9met l&rsquo;hypoth\u00e8se que la forme \u00ab\u00a0Nephilim\u00a0\u00bb pourrait \u00eatre d&rsquo;origine aram\u00e9enne ou akkadienne<\/span><span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"HE\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: RU;\">(\u05e0\u05e4\u05d9\u05dc\u05d0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">; naphila). Dans ces deux langues, le mot peut signifier un g\u00e9ant ou un \u00eatre monstrueux. Cette th\u00e9orie est \u00e9tay\u00e9e par l&rsquo;observation que \u00ab\u00a0Nephilim <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">\u00a0\u00bb (orthographi\u00e9 avec un \u00ab\u00a0yod\u00a0\u00bb) <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"> n&rsquo;<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">appara\u00eet<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"> qu&rsquo;\u00e0 deux endroits dans la Bible h\u00e9bra\u00efque, ce qui sugg\u00e8re qu&rsquo;il pourrait s&rsquo;agir d&rsquo;un mot d&#8217;emprunt ou d&rsquo;une origine non standard. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Il existe \u00e9galement d&rsquo;autres explications qui soulignent l&rsquo;absence d&rsquo;orthographe normalis\u00e9e dans le monde antique, mais \u00e9tant donn\u00e9 qu&rsquo;il est utilis\u00e9 dans une seule et m\u00eame phrase, nous pensons que ces explications sont insuffisantes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Le verset, cependant, relie indubitablement les Anakim aux Nephilim. Il ne fait donc aucun doute que les Anakim sont, d&rsquo;une mani\u00e8re ou d&rsquo;une autre, li\u00e9s \u00e0 la grande famille des Nephilim. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">Les Anakim et Goliath : Les descendants des Nephilim<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Nous lisons \u00e9galement dans le Livre de Josu\u00e9 qu&rsquo;en raison des efforts de Josu\u00e9 (n&rsquo;oubliez pas que Josu\u00e9 \u00e9tait l&rsquo;un des douze espions), les Anakim ont \u00e9t\u00e9 presque d\u00e9truits \u00e0 quelques exceptions pr\u00e8s. Nous lisons : <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in;\"><b><sup><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">21 <\/span><\/sup><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">Josu\u00e9 arriva en ce temps-l\u00e0 et \u00e9limina les Anakim de la montagne, d&rsquo;H\u00e9bron, de Debir, d&rsquo;Anab, de toute la montagne de Juda et de toute la montagne d&rsquo;Isra\u00ebl. Josu\u00e9 les d\u00e9voua par interdit, avec leurs villes. <b><sup>22 <\/sup><\/b>Il ne resta plus d&rsquo;Anakim dans le pays des fils d&rsquo;Isra\u00ebl ; il n&rsquo;<i>en<\/i> resta qu&rsquo;\u00e0 Gaza, \u00e0 Gath et \u00e0 Asdod.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"> (Josu\u00e9 11:21-22)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Vous pensez certainement d\u00e9j\u00e0 (et \u00e0 juste titre) \u00e0 l&rsquo;un des g\u00e9ants les plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bres de l&rsquo;histoire biblique. Il s&rsquo;agit de l&rsquo;un des derniers Anakim\/N\u00e9philim. Nous lisons dans 1 Samuel 17 l&rsquo;histoire de Goliath de Gath et d&rsquo;un simple berger nomm\u00e9 David :<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in;\"><b><sup><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">2 <\/span><\/sup><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">Sa\u00fcl et les hommes d&rsquo;Isra\u00ebl s&rsquo;\u00e9taient rassembl\u00e9s et campaient dans la vall\u00e9e d&rsquo;Elah, et ils se mirent en formation de combat pour affronter les Philistins. <b><sup>3 Les <\/sup><\/b>Philistins se tenaient sur la montagne d&rsquo;un c\u00f4t\u00e9, et Isra\u00ebl se tenait sur la montagne de l&rsquo;autre c\u00f4t\u00e9, avec la vall\u00e9e entre eux. <b><sup>4 <\/sup><\/b> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">Du camp des Philistins s&rsquo;avan\u00e7a<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">un champion <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">, nomm\u00e9 Goliath, de Gath, qui avait<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"> une <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">taille <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">de<\/span> six coud\u00e9es<span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">et<\/span> une<span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">t\u00eate <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"> de <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">lion <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">Sa taille \u00e9tait de six coud\u00e9es et un empan<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"> (environ 3 m\u00e8tres)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"> (1 Sam 17:2-4)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">Dans 2 Samuel 21:15-22, quatre guerriers g\u00e9ants de Gath, probablement des parents de Goliath, sont tu\u00e9s par les hommes du roi David. Ces guerriers sont d\u00e9crits comme \u00ab\u00a0n\u00e9s du g\u00e9ant de Gath\u00a0\u00bb, ce qui les rattache au clan de Goliath. D&rsquo;autres textes, comme Deut\u00e9ronome 2:10-11 et 20-21, mentionnent des peuples g\u00e9ants en Canaan, notamment les Repha\u00efm, les Anakim, les Emim et les Zamzummim. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Maintenant que nous avons \u00e9tabli que les Nephilim et leurs descendants \u00e9taient beaucoup plus grands que les gens normaux, nous sommes pr\u00eats \u00e0 examiner pourquoi la Septante juive (LXX) a traduit Nephilim non pas par \u00ab\u00a0ceux qui sont tomb\u00e9s\/ceux qui font tomber les autres\u00a0\u00bb, mais par \u00ab\u00a0g\u00e9ants\u00a0\u00bb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">La Septante et les traditions juives : Les g\u00e9ants dans un monde hell\u00e9nistique<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">La Septante (LXX), traduction grecque de la Bible h\u00e9bra\u00efque datant du IIIe au IIe si\u00e8cle avant notre \u00e8re, rend le terme h\u00e9breu <i>Nephilim<\/i><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"HE\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">(<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">\u05e0\u05b0\u05e4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd) dans Gen\u00e8se 6:4 et Nombres 13:33 par <i>gigantes<\/i> (\u03b3\u03b9\u03b3\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2), ce qui signifie \u00ab\u00a0g\u00e9ants\u00a0\u00bb. <\/span>\u00ab\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">Ce choix de traduction s&rsquo;explique probablement davantage par <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">des facteurs<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"> interpr\u00e9tatifs <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">que par des facteurs linguistiques.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">Les traducteurs juifs de la Siptuagint grecque (LXX) peuvent en effet avoir pens\u00e9 que Nephilim<\/span><span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"HE\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">\u05e0\u05b0\u05e4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"> vient de l&rsquo;aram\u00e9en <i>naphiyla<\/i><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"HE\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">(<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">\u05e0\u05b0\u05e4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc\u05b8\u05d0), qui signifie \u00ab\u00a0g\u00e9ant\u00a0\u00bb ou \u00ab\u00a0\u00eatre monstrueux\u00a0\u00bb, ce qui signifie qu&rsquo;il n&rsquo;y a <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"> <i>pas<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"> de \u00a0\u00bb <\/span>g\u00e9ant<span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"HE\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">\u00ab\u00a0.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">g\u00e9ant\u00a0\u00bb ou \u00ab\u00a0\u00eatre monstrueux\u00a0\u00bb. Nous ne le saurons peut-\u00eatre jamais. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">Travaillant dans un contexte hell\u00e9nistique, <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">ils <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">ont peut-\u00eatre d\u00e9lib\u00e9r\u00e9ment utilis\u00e9 <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">le <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">terme <i>gigantesque<\/i><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"> en grec<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">pour exprimer les <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">aspects<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">physiques et mythologiques <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">, \u00e9voquant les Titans ou les G\u00e9ants de la mythologie grecque &#8211; des<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"> \u00eatres <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"> puissants<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"> et<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"> surdimensionn\u00e9s. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Il est logique que<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">les traducteurs des LXX, qui travaillaient dans la <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">ville grecque d&rsquo;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">Alexandrie, aient probablement choisi <i>gigantes<\/i> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">(g\u00e9ants) <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">pour que le texte puisse \u00eatre compris par les Juifs<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"> et les Grecs<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">de langue grecque<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">, en faisant le lien entre les concepts h\u00e9bra\u00efques et le cadre culturel grec.<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">Ce choix peut refl\u00e9ter une tradition interpr\u00e9tative plut\u00f4t qu&rsquo;un strict rendu philologique, privil\u00e9giant le statut l\u00e9gendaire des <i>Nephilim<\/i>\u00e0 <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"> une \u00e9tymologie <\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">pr\u00e9cise <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">(ou \u00e0 d&rsquo;autres \u00e9tymologies possibles). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">En outre,<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"> les traducteurs<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">ont probablement \u00e9t\u00e9 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">influenc\u00e9s par <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">d&rsquo;autres <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">traditions <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">juives <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">qui <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">consid\u00e9raient <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">les <i>Nephilim<\/i> comme des g\u00e9ants. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Le<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">premier <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">livre d&rsquo;H\u00e9noch<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">en<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">particulier,<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">d\u00e9crit les<\/span> <i><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">Nephilim<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"> comme des descendants g\u00e9ants des <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Veilleurs<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">, ce qui sugg\u00e8re une <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">tradition<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">juive <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"> interpr\u00e9tative ancienne <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">\u00e0 laquelle la<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"> Septante<\/span> <span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; 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mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">1 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">d&rsquo;H\u00e9noch, en particulier la section connue sous le nom de Livre des Veilleurs (1 H\u00e9noch 1-36), contient des passages qui d\u00e9crivent les Nephilim comme des g\u00e9ants, soulignant leur taille \u00e9norme et leur nature destructrice. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">On peut y lire ce qui suit : <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in;\">\u00ab\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">Ils \u00e9taient en tout deux cents [Veilleurs], qui descendirent aux jours de Jared sur le sommet du mont Hermon&#8230; Ils se prirent des femmes&#8230; et elles enfant\u00e8rent de grands g\u00e9ants\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">1 H\u00e9noch 6:6-7<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">\u00ab\u00a0Elles [les femmes humaines] devinrent enceintes, et elles enfant\u00e8rent de grands g\u00e9ants, dont la hauteur \u00e9tait de trois mille ells<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">1 372 m\u00e8tres<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">\u00ab\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"> (1 H\u00e9noch 7:2) <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: .5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">\u00ab\u00a0Et voici ! Les filles des hommes ont enfant\u00e9 des g\u00e9ants, et la terre enti\u00e8re a \u00e9t\u00e9 remplie de sang et d&rsquo;iniquit\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">1 H\u00e9noch 9:9<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">La traduction des <i>Nephilim<\/i> par des <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">g\u00e9ants<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">dans les LXX <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"> refl\u00e8te probablement une combinaison d&rsquo;indices contextuels (leur nature puissante et redoutable), une adaptation culturelle (s&rsquo;alignant sur la mythologie grecque), et peut-\u00eatre une tradition interpr\u00e9tative <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">telle que celle des Livres d&rsquo;H\u00e9noch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">Dans une \u00e9tude distincte, je me demanderai \u00e9galement si les Nephilim de Mo\u00efse \u00e9taient li\u00e9s aux traditions m\u00e9sopotamiennes concernant les sept Apkallus &#8211; des g\u00e9ants mythiques qui \u00e9taient aux deux tiers divins, poss\u00e9daient un pouvoir et un savoir extraordinaires et finissaient par irriter leurs dieux.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">L&rsquo;h\u00e9ritage des Nephilims : Mythe, histoire et th\u00e9ologie<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">Les Nephilim sont parmi les figures les plus myst\u00e9rieuses de la Bible, reliant des histoires et des traditions anciennes. Dans Gen\u00e8se 6:4, ils sont issus du mariage des \u00ab\u00a0fils de Dieu\u00a0\u00bb avec les \u00ab\u00a0filles des hommes\u00a0\u00bb, et dans Nombres 13:33, ils sont li\u00e9s aux redoutables Anakim. D\u00e9crits comme des \u00eatres puissants, Mo\u00efse les mentionne avec pr\u00e9caution, ce qui laisse supposer que leur origine n&rsquo;est pas claire. Les textes ult\u00e9rieurs, comme le livre d&rsquo;H\u00e9noch et la traduction \u00ab\u00a0g\u00e9ants\u00a0\u00bb de la Septante, les rendent encore plus l\u00e9gendaires. Consid\u00e9r\u00e9s soit comme des \u00eatres d\u00e9chus, soit comme des g\u00e9ants h\u00e9ro\u00efques, ils t\u00e9moignent d&rsquo;un m\u00e9lange d&rsquo;influences h\u00e9bra\u00efques, aram\u00e9ennes et grecques, en particulier dans la Septante. Associ\u00e9s \u00e0 des personnages comme Goliath, ils jouent un r\u00f4le important dans les r\u00e9cits bibliques et <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">m\u00eame dans les <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;\">id\u00e9es jud\u00e9o-chr\u00e9tiennes. Leur histoire, enracin\u00e9e dans les \u00c9critures et la tradition, reste captivante et nous rappelle l&rsquo;admiration du monde antique pour l&rsquo;extraordinaire.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dans les versets pr\u00e9c\u00e9dents (Gn 6.1-2), nous avons lu que le groupe myst\u00e9rieux appel\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0les fils de Dieu\u00a0\u00bb prenait les \u00ab\u00a0filles des hommes\u00a0\u00bb pour en faire leurs \u00e9pouses \u00e0 volont\u00e9. Nous avons discut\u00e9 de plusieurs options d&rsquo;interpr\u00e9tation possibles lorsqu&rsquo;il s&rsquo;agit d&rsquo;identifier qui sont les \u00ab\u00a0fils de Dieu\u00a0\u00bb. 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