Yaldabaoth
English
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editPossibly from ילדא (yaldā, “begetter”) and Abaoth from Ancient Greek Σαβαώθ (Sabaṓth), from Biblical Hebrew צבאות (tsabāʾōθ), plural of צבא (tsābāʾ)
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editYaldabaoth
- (Gnosticism) The Demiurge or 'False God'. Created when Sophia (one of the lesser aeons) tried to emanate without her counterpart (Christ).
References
edit- Scholem, Gershom (1974) “Jaldabaoth Reconsidered”, in Mélanges d'histoire des religions offerts à Henri-Charles Puech[1], Paris: Collège de France/Presses Universitaires de France, pages 418–421