▁James ▁C . ▁V ander K am ▁maintain s , ▁" it ▁stands ▁as ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁explain ▁how ▁it ▁was ▁that ▁w icked ness ▁had ▁become ▁so ▁w ides p read ▁and ▁mus cular ▁before ▁the ▁flo od ; ▁in ▁so ▁doing , ▁it ▁also ▁supplies ▁the ▁reason ▁why ▁God ▁was ▁more ▁than ▁just ified ▁in ▁sending ▁that ▁flo od ." ▁The ▁Gi ants ▁discovery ▁at ▁Q um ran ▁dates ▁the ▁text ' s ▁creation ▁to ▁before ▁the ▁ 2 nd ▁century ▁BC . ▁ ▁The ▁Book ▁of ▁Gi ants ▁is ▁an ▁ant ed il uv ian ▁( pre - F lo od ) ▁narr ative ▁that ▁was ▁received ▁primarily ▁in ▁Man ich ae an ▁literature ▁and ▁known ▁at ▁Tur fan . ▁However , ▁the ▁earliest ▁known ▁trad itions ▁for ▁the ▁book ▁origin ate ▁in ▁Ar ama ic ▁copies ▁of ▁a ▁Book ▁of ▁Gi ants ▁among ▁the ▁Dead ▁Sea ▁Scroll s . ▁ ▁References ▁to ▁the ▁Gi ants ▁myth ology ▁are ▁found ▁in : ▁Gen esis ▁ 6 : 1 - 4 , ▁the ▁books ▁of ▁En och ▁( E th iop ic , ▁S lav onic , ▁Heb rew , ▁Greek ), ▁J ub ile es , ▁Gen esis ▁Ap oc ry phon , ▁ 2 ▁and ▁ 3 ▁Bar uch ▁( S lav onic ), ▁the ▁Dam asc us ▁Document , ▁and ▁vis ions ▁in ▁Daniel ▁ 7 : 9 - 1 4 . ▁This ▁book ▁tells ▁of ▁the ▁background ▁and ▁fate ▁of ▁these ▁ante - del uv ial ▁gi