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Esaldaios

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Esaldaios is an archon mentioned among the Naassenes, identified with the El Shaddai of the Bible. He is described as the archon "number four".

When

First attested
100 CE
Attested period
100 – 200
Historical notes
Gnostic texts flourished in the 2nd century CE.

Relationships

syncretized with
El Shaddai
co occurs with
Yaldabaoth, Authadia, Kakia, Zelos, Phthonos, Errinnys, Epithymia

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (1)
  1. Archon (Gnosticism)

Source passages

“Occasionally, as among the Naassenes, one meets with the archon Esaldaios, which is evidently the El Shaddai of the Bible, and he is described as the archon "number four" (harithmo tetartos).”

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