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Question: Are there any Jewish forms of Gnosticism!?
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http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Sethian

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Many of the manuscripts in the Nag Hammadi Gospels appear to be pre-Christian and part of the Sethian movement which venerated the third son of Adam!.

Their Chief book was The Apocalypse of Adam!.

http://www!.gnosis!.org/naghamm/adam!.html

You can find it in the nag hammadi library, available here:

http://gnosis!.org/naghamm/nhl!.htmlWww@QuestionHome@Com

All the early Jesus followers, including the Gnostics, were Jewish!.Www@QuestionHome@Com