Sethian Gnostic
Scripture
"One of the chief characteristics of Gnosticism is mythopoeia, the construction of elaborate myths through which revealed gnosis is transmitted. In giving expression to their basic beliefs, the Gnostics put into story form their insights into the human predicament and the means of salvation."
- Birger A. Pearson
"The Sethian Gnostic system is essentially non-Christian, and probably even pre-Christian in its origins. Such Christian elements as occur in some of the Sethian texts are clearly secondary features, reflecting a process of Christianization. For example, in The Gospel of the Egyptians Seth "puts" on Jesus in order to redeem the elect imprisoned in the world, but in principle Seth can "put on" any important prophetic figure, such as Zoroaster, Melchizedek, and so on."
- Birger A. Pearson
"What the Sethian literature from the Nag Hammadi collection reveals is that these Gnostics were both Jews and Christians who wished to combine the biblical tradition with Platonic philosophy, the "science" of the day."
- April D. DeConick
Foundational Text:
Pre-Christian Jewish Texts:
Christian (or Christianized) Texts:
The Gospel of Judas(pdf)
(This translation is now in question.)
Book of Allogenes
Platonizing Texts:
The above links are to The Gnosis Archive
and National Geographic (Gospel of Judas).