{"id":353,"date":"2017-11-15T00:16:54","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T00:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress_bw2\/6-3-azazel-in-the-book-of-the-giants\/"},"modified":"2017-12-10T02:55:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T02:55:20","slug":"6-3-azazel-in-the-book-of-the-giants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bitterwaters.com\/bw_12_21_2018\/the-case-for-lilith\/the-case-for-azazel\/6-3-azazel-in-the-book-of-the-giants\/","title":{"rendered":"6.3) Azazel in the Book of the Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is tantalizing incomplete evidence from the Dead Sea scrolls that suggests Azazel was a seed of the Watchers, and not a Watcher himself.\u00a0 It comes from the fragmentary Book of Giants<\/em>.\u00a0 If it had not been for the agonizing misfortune that damage to the scroll destroyed the critical phase that may have sealed the deal concerning Azazel\u2019s origins, Azazel\u2019s identify might be correctly established today.\u00a0 Giants elaborates on the exploits of the pre-flood giants, especially the two children of Semjaza — Ohya and Hahya. Since no complete manuscript exists of Giants, its exact contents and its fragments order remain a matter of guesswork. \u00a0The critical fragment which suggests Azazel may have been the seed of the Watchers is below.[1]<\/a>\u00a0 Brackets ([. . .]) indicate missing text.\u00a0 As can be seen, only one word remains from line 3.\u00a0 None of line 4 survives.\u00a0 In the surrounding text, the giants Ohya and Hahya are discussing their demise.\u00a0 Based on the interpretation of certain troubling dreams the giants had been having, they had come to realize that a terrible destruction from God was heading their way.\u00a0 In the passage, Hahya tries to suggest the destruction is not for them, but is for Azazel.\u00a0 Remarkably, Hahya is implicitly equating Azazel to themselves as both being seed of angelic beings.\u00a0 Ohya and Hahya are not discussing the fate of their fathers, the Watchers, but of themselves.\u00a0 Therefore, when Hahya suggests God\u2019s punishment will not be directed at them, but at Azazel, this is implying Azazel will be the lone victim.\u00a0 Enough of the text remains to establish the main basis of Hahya\u2019s argument that they would not be targeted.\u00a0 It is that \u201c[ … the children of the] angels are the giants, and that they (God\u2019s good angels) would not let all their l[oved ones] be neglected.\u201d\u00a0 Therefore, Hahya is arguing that their linage is unique and different from Azazel\u2019s, and that the angels will show them mercy because of this.<\/p>\n

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Book of Giants: 4Q530 Frag. 7<\/strong><\/div>\n
Line 3 [ . . . ] your strength [ . . . ]<\/span><\/div>\n
Line 4 [ . . . ]<\/span><\/div>\n
Line 5 Thereupon Ohya [said] to Hahya [ . . . ] Then he answered, It is not for<\/span><\/div>\n
Line 6 us, but for Azaiel, for he [ . . . the children of] angels<\/span><\/div>\n
Line 7 are the giants, and they would not let all their l[oved ones] be neglected [. . . we have] not been cast down; you have strength [ . . . ]<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I have not seen the photographic plates of this Dead Sea scroll excerpt from the Book of Giants.\u00a0 However, it is apparent from the translation that at least 12 to 20 letters are missing inside the bracket of line 6.\u00a0 This is sufficient for the reconstruction below to be plausible.\u00a0 As can be seen, a very coherent argument can be derived from the fragmentary text that Azazel\u2019s linage is from Lilith mating with angels, whereas the giants\u2019 linage is from the daughters of Adam mating with angels.\u00a0 Hahya argues they will find favor with the angels serving God, because they share in Adam\u2019s linage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Book of Giants: Possible Reconstruction of 4Q530 Frag. 7<\/strong><\/div>\n

Thereupon Ohya [said] to Hahya [ . . . ] Then he answered, \u201cIt is not for us, but for Azaiel, for he [is the seed of Lilith with angels, but the children of the daughters of Adam with ] angels are the giants, and they would not let all their l[oved ones] be neglected.\u201d [. . . we have] not been cast down; you have strength [ . . . ]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Perhaps at some future date this fragment of the Book of Giants will be reconstructed completely.\u00a0 If it ever is, I would be somewhat surprised if the name of Lilith or title of Serpent was actually used.\u00a0 The whole notion of Azazel being the seed of Lilith appears to be purposely hidden in all ancient books that broach the topic.\u00a0 However, in any event I would expect some disparaging remark indicating that Azazel and his kin were of a more polluted linage than of the giants, who were born of the daughters of Adam and the Watchers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

[1]<\/a> http:\/\/www.gnosis.org\/library\/dss\/dss_book_of_giants.htm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is tantalizing incomplete evidence from the Dead Sea scrolls that suggests Azazel was a seed of the Watchers, and not a Watcher himself.\u00a0 It comes from the fragmentary Book of Giants.\u00a0 If it had not been for the agonizing misfortune that damage to the scroll destroyed the critical phase that may have sealed the … Continue reading “6.3) Azazel in the Book of the Giants”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-353","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterwaters.com\/bw_12_21_2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterwaters.com\/bw_12_21_2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterwaters.com\/bw_12_21_2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterwaters.com\/bw_12_21_2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterwaters.com\/bw_12_21_2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterwaters.com\/bw_12_21_2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":417,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterwaters.com\/bw_12_21_2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/353\/revisions\/417"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterwaters.com\/bw_12_21_2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterwaters.com\/bw_12_21_2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}