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"Golgotha on Mount Zion" - W. F. Birch, M.A., “ Palestine Exploration Fund: Quarterly Statement 1907), 140-47. Also the article: Conrad Schick, “Hill of ‘Jeremiah’s Grotto,’ Called By General Gordon ‘Skull Hill,’” Palestine Exploration Fund: Quarterly Statement 1901 (London: Fund’s Office, 1901): 402-5, referenced by Birch is in this pdf.

“Biblical Views: Giants at Jericho” - Ronald S. Hendel (Biblical Archeology Review 35:02, Mar/Apr 2009).

"Nephilim" - Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible

"Rephaim" - Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

"Rephaim" - Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible

"Nimrod Before and After the Bible" - K. van der Toorn (Harvard Theological Review 83:1 (1990): 1-29).

"Reconsidering the Height of Goliath" - J. Daniel Hays (Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 48.4 (Dec 2005): 701-14. This paper argues that Goliath was 6 ft. 6 in.

"Goliath and the Exodus Giants: How Tall Were They?" - Clyde E. Billington (Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 50.3 (Sept 2007): 489-508. This article argues that Goliath was more like the traditional height of 9 ft. 9 in.

"The Height of Goliath: A Response To Clyde Billington" - J. Daniel Hays (Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 50.3 (Sept 2007): 508-516. This is a response to Billington).