Nimrod (= Ninurta) as giant (1)

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Augustine, De Civitate Dei 16.3:
After enumerating these (= the descendants of Noah), Scripture returns to the first of the sons, and says, ‘Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a giant on the earth. He was giant hunter against the Lord God: wherefore they say, as Nimrod the giant hunter against the Lord. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Out of that land went forth Aššur, and built Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, and Resen between Nineveh and Calah: this was a great city.’ Now this Cush, father of the giant Nimrod, is the first-named among the sons of Ham, to whom five sons and two grandsons are ascribed. But he either begat this giant after his grandsons were born, or, which is more credible, Scripture speaks of him separately on account of his eminence; for mention is also made of his kingdom, which began with that magnificent city Babylon.

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Augustine, De Civitate Dei 16.3

Bibliography

Amar Annus

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