Sabaoth in some Gnostic writings is one of many archons of Yaldabaoth, he is the opposite of the demiurge, Sabaoth both in Hypostasis of the Archons and On the Origin of the World he dethrones his father Ialdabaoth, when he heard the voice of Sophia, Sabaoth condemns his father and his mother (matter), after Sabaoth was sent to the seven heaven by Sophia. According some studies of church fathers affirmed, that Gnostics believed that Sabaoth is a name for Yaldabaoth.
Mythology[]
Name[]
The name Sabaoth appeared by first time in first of Samuel from the Old Testament, in the Jedeo-christiany teology Sabaoth is use for Yahweh. But in the Gnostic Cosmogony the name Sabaoth rendered as "over all the forces (of chaos).
Gnostic sources[]
The Sabaoth's role as the opposite of Yaldabaoth It was an interpretation of Jan Zandee, this may be it influenced for the psychics. Beacuse for they could choose between both; Yaldabaoth representing evil and Sabaoth representing good. Sabaoth been converted in to the new ruler of the world and thus fulfills the role of the God of Israel.
Thrown into Tartarus, Yaldabaoth began to have envy to own son, whereupon his envy takes on shape and becomes death. From death, envy, wrath, weeping, roar, loud shouting, sobber and grief emerge. All those negatives emotions are related to lament during funerals. Because the mourning was controversial theme for the early Christians, associated with Satan, so was intentionally display disapproval about lamenting the dead and advocated control of emotions. Nevertheless this explanation of why some emotions has not a negative vision like anger for the rulers of darkness, are approved, thus differing from Stoicism.
When Yaldabaoth brought death into the world, Sabaoth decided createsa a host of cherubim with the purpose of save the humans from the lament, the idea of cherubim it may have been taken from the Jewish Merkabah mysticism.
Non Gnostic Sources[]
A bishop of Salamis, Cyprus call Epiphanius of Salamis at the end of the 4th century, said that Severian Encratites (also associated with Sethians) thought that Yaldabaoth and Sabaoth were the same being, therefore was the god of law and evil. The 2nd-century Greek philosopher Celsus use the interpretatio graeca for identify Yaldabaoth with Kronus and both Sabaoth and Adonai were identified with Zeus. However Origen (c. 184 – c. 253) denies the identification, because such identifications not listed in any Gnostic Source.
Culture Popular[]
Sabaoth unlike with his father has not many influence in medias, but is necessary to highlight his few appearances.
Role Play[]
- Sabaoth is a character use for many role play wikies like The Gods and Demons wiki.