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2. What are the three major positions?

(1) The cosmologically mixed races view (angels and humans).

(2) The religiously mixed races view (godly Sethites and worldly Cainites).

(3) The sociologically mixed races view (despotic male aristocrats and
beautiful female commoners.

COMMENT: By all odds, the view that may perhaps claim the greatest an-
tiquity is the cosmologically mixed races -- or the angel theory -- view. This
view has been stretched to the limits of the bizarre by many commentators

and authors, such as Stephen Quayle, in his book Genesis 6 Giants: Mas-
ter Builders of Prehistoric and Ancient Civilizations. He jumps into the
realm of the bizarre and without hesitation makes the following pro-

nouncements:

"Obviously, the 'daughters of men' were simply human women. But who
were the 'sons of God'? And who -- or what -- were the giants and 'mighty
men' who were the offspring of the sons of God and daughters of
men?...One explanation fits this scripture passage perfectly. Not surprising-
ly, it was also accepted as truth by ancient Jewish scholars. It becomes
apparent with careful study of the scriptures as well.

"This view maintains that the 'sons of God' are angels. As creatures of God,
these creatures (like mankind) bear a family relationship in that they were
created by God and, therefore, can be viewed in a sense as being His
sons. Not only that, this interpretation explains why all the human beings
involved are female while all the male figures are called the 'sons of God.'
The reason is that angels are always referred to as being males....

"The Nephilim that were produced by the angel/mankind marriage were
much different from either of their parents. This, too, went against God's
plan for the Earth in which each animal and human being was to reproduce
'after its own kind.' This is perhaps the best demonstration that the parents
of these creatures were not simply descendants of Cain and Seth. Had
they been, they would have produced human offspring, rather than the
Nephilim....

"A careful study of the first introduction of this word in Genesis also shows
that the Nephilim have appeared more than one time in history. The verses
don't say that the first account was the only time this occurred. Rather,
'There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the

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