or nophelim according to the rules of the Hebrew language. It obviously isn’t. The word is actually borrowed from the Aramaic word for giant, which is naphil.” “And in regard to giants, that isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds,” he continued. “We’re not talking about people fifteen or twenty feet tall. Even taking Goliath’s height literally—at least according to most Hebrew manuscripts of the Old Testament—puts him at a bit over nine feet. There have been modern people a few inches from that.” “But