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Elkesai (also
known as Elkasai, Elksai,
Elchasai and Elxai) was a
religious leader and
prophet who is
believed to have
lived in the late 1st
century CE...
- (Koinē Gr****: Ἠλχασαΐ in Hippolytus),
Elksai (Ἠλξαί in Epiphanius), or
Elkesai (Ελκεσαΐ in Eusebius, and Theodoret). The sect is
directly mentioned only...
- The Book of
Elchasai or the Book of
Elxai is a lost
prophetic book,
written during the
reign of
Trajan (reigned 98–117), that
contained laws and apocalyptic...
- and had a
Gnostic disposition.: 123 The sect is
named after its
leader Elkesai.
According to
Joseph Lightfoot, the
Church Father Epiphanius (writing in...
- and had a
Gnostic disposition.: 123 The sect is
named after its
leader Elkesai. The
Church Father Epiphanius (writing in the
fourth century CE) seems...
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citizen of
southern Mesopotamia who
appears to have been a
follower of
Elkesai, a Jewish-Christian
prophet and
visionary who
lived in the
early years...
- Mont****
Montanism 2nd
century AD
Marcion of
Sinope Marcionism 110–160
Elkesai Elkesaism 170–230
Nagarjuna Madhyamaka 150–250
Plotinus Neoplatonism 205–270...
- and had a
Gnostic disposition.: 123 The sect is
named after its
leader Elkesai. The
Sethians were one of the main
currents of
Gnosticism during the 2nd...
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combined elements of Christianity, Judaism, and paganism. Its founder,
Elkesai,
claimed to be a
reincarnation of Jesus, and the
Elkesaite belief in reincarnation...
