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A:To the Hebrews, Rephaim (or Refaim, sing: ha-rafa) could be giants, but they could also be shades of the dead. In other words, they were unknown but fearsome beings. The Ugaritic texts also associate the Rephaim with the dead and the Ugaritic god Rapha'u seems to dwell in Ashtarot and Edrei, just where biblical tradition places the Hebrew giant Rephaim. These associations are, in themselves, sufficient evidence that the Rephaim of The Bible never really existed.
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A:The Rephaim were a partial divinisation of deceased ancestors in ancient Israel and neighbouring areas such as Sidon. A cult of the dead was evidently a widespread phenomenon in ancient Israel, attested both from the text and Archaeology.

Although some later biblical text treats the Rephaim as early inhabitants of Canaan, texts from Ugarit and Phoenicia and even the Bible (Job 25:5; Ps. 88:11-13; Isaiah.26:14,19; Proverbs 9:18) indicate otherwise.

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