God's name - part 1

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### 1. **Gnostic Texts and the Demiurge Concept**

In **Gnostic Christianity** (2nd–4th centuries CE), YHWH (the Old Testament God) was sometimes identified with the **Demiurge** — a lower, ignorant, or even malevolent being who *creates the material world* but is **not the true supreme God**.

* The **Apocryphon of John**, **Hypostasis of the Archons**, and **On the Origin of the World** (found in the Nag Hammadi library) describe the Demiurge as a being named **Yaldabaoth**, who arrogantly declares, *“I am God, and there is no other beside me.”*

* Gnostics took this line (from Isaiah 45:5 and Exodus 20:3) as proof that the Demiurge was a **false god** claiming supremacy.
* In these texts, **Sophia (Wisdom)** emanates from the higher divine realm, and her error produces the Demiurge — who then traps souls in matter.

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### 2. **Moral and Character Contrast: Old vs. New Testament**

Many Gnostics and later philosophers pointed to the **ethical difference** between:

* **YHWH**, who commands wars, punishments, and strict laws (seen as harsh or jealous), and
* The **God revealed by Jesus**, who emphasizes forgiveness, mercy, and universal love.

Thinkers such as **Marcion of Sinope (2nd century CE)** argued that these could not be the same deity.
He taught that the **Creator God (of the Old Testament)** was just but cruel, while the **Father of Jesus** was purely good and loving.

Marcion even compiled one of the earliest Christian canons — omitting the Old Testament entirely.

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### 3. **Philosophical Influence from Plato**

The idea of a **Demiurge** comes from **Plato’s *Timaeus*** (4th century BCE).
In that text, the Demiurge is not evil — merely the *craftsman* who forms the material world.
However, later Gnostics reinterpreted this idea to fit their theology:
they saw **matter** as corrupt and imperfect, and therefore the **creator of matter** must be ignorant or evil.

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### 4. **Gnostic Symbolism and Dualism**

Gnosticism is dualistic: **Spirit = good**, **Matter = evil**.
The Demiurge, as maker of the material realm, is the **antagonist of spiritual liberation**.
Jesus, in this interpretation, comes from the higher, true God to **free humanity** from the Demiurge’s control.
This cosmic struggle is described symbolically in texts like *The Gospel of Thomas* and *The Gospel of Judas*.

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### 5. **Esoteric Interpretations**

Some later mystical and occult systems (e.g., Kabbalistic or Hermetic reinterpretations) also explore this tension:

* **YHWH** is sometimes seen as a *partial revelation* or a *lower emanation* rather than the Absolute Source.
* Others associate the **God of the Old Testament** with a being guarding knowledge or controlling humanity’s spiritual ascent.

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### 6. **Summary of the Core Argument**

| Aspect | Old Testament YHWH (Demiurge in Gnosticism) | New Testament God (True Source) |
| ---------- | -------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| Nature | Creator of material world, jealous, punitive | Transcendent, loving, merciful |
| Domain | Physical cosmos | Spiritual pleroma (fullness of light) |
| Goal | Maintain control over creation | Liberate souls from ignorance |
| Key phrase | “I am a jealous God” | “God is love” |

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Would you like me to provide **direct excerpts** from the Nag Hammadi texts (e.g., *Apocryphon of John*) that show where YHWH is equated with the Demiurge, or a **comparison chart** of Old vs. New Testament passages used by Marcion and Gnostics to support this view?

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## 🕎 1. Gnostic Identification of YHWH with the Demiurge

### 📜 *The Apocryphon of John* (Nag Hammadi Codex II, 1)

This foundational Gnostic text describes the origin of the Demiurge (“Yaldabaoth”) and how he claims divine authority:

> “And he said, ‘I am God, and there is no other beside me.’
> When he said this, he sinned against the Entirety.
> And this boast rose up to incorruptibility, and a voice came forth from above the realm of absolute power, saying,
> ‘You are mistaken, Samael’ — which means ‘blind god.’”

* **Interpretation:**
Gnostics read this as an allusion to **Isaiah 45:5** (“I am the Lord, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God”).
They concluded that the Old Testament deity was *not the supreme being*, but an ignorant lower creator mistaking himself for the ultimate source.

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### 📜 *Hypostasis of the Archons* (The Reality of the Rulers)

> “Their chief is blind; because of his power and his ignorance and his arrogance he said, ‘It is I who am God; there is none apart from me.’
> When he said this, he sinned against the Entirety.”

* Again, this mirrors the prophetic formula in the Hebrew Bible.
The Gnostics took such statements not as divine truth but as **evidence of the Demiurge’s delusion** — the mark of a being who creates a flawed world out of ignorance.

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### 📜 *On the Origin of the World*

> “Yaldabaoth said to his offspring, ‘I am God of the whole world.’
> But they did not obey him.
> For he was ignorant of the place from which his own strength had come.”

* This text presents the Demiurge as powerful but **ignorant of his higher origin** (Sophia, the divine wisdom who emanated him).
He becomes the ruler of a **false material cosmos**.

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## ✝️ 2. Marcion’s Contradiction Between the Two Gods

**Marcion of Sinope (c. 85–160 CE)** developed the earliest systematic argument that:

* The **God of the Old Testament** (the creator, *demiurgos*) is *just but harsh*, the author of Law, war, and punishment.
* The **God of Jesus** is *good, merciful, and unknown* to the world until Christ’s revelation.

He summarized this contrast roughly as follows (according to *Tertullian, Against Marcion* 1.11–1.19):

| Old Testament (YHWH) | New Testament (Father of Jesus) |
| ----------------------------------- | --------------------------------------- |
| “An eye for an eye.” (Exodus 21:24) | “Turn the other cheek.” (Matthew 5:39) |
| “I create evil.” (Isaiah 45:7) | “Deliver us from evil.” (Matthew 6:13) |
| “I am a jealous God.” (Exodus 20:5) | “God is love.” (1 John 4:8) |
| Commands genocide (Joshua 6–10) | Commands love of enemies (Matthew 5:44) |
| Rewards and punishes by law | Saves through grace and forgiveness |

* Marcion concluded: **two separate deities** — one the **Creator and Judge**, the other the **Redeemer and Father**.

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## 🔮 3. Philosophical and Esoteric Context

### Plato’s *Timaeus*

* Describes a **Demiurge** as a *craftsman* who shapes the cosmos out of chaos.
* Not evil, but **not the supreme source either**.
* Gnostics **absorbed and radicalized** this idea: the material world itself became a *prison*, not a harmony.

### Sophia and the Fall

* In Gnostic cosmology, **Sophia** (divine Wisdom) acts without her partner and produces Yaldabaoth.
* Out of shame and ignorance, Yaldabaoth creates the material world — effectively *trapping divine sparks (souls)* in matter.
* Jesus, in this view, comes from the **Pleroma (Fullness)** to *awaken the trapped souls* and show them the true, unknowable Father beyond YHWH.

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## 🪶 4. Summary Table — Gnostic & Marcionite Parallels

| Concept | YHWH / Demiurge | True God / Father of Jesus |
| ------------------------ | --------------------------------- | --------------------------- |
| Realm | Material world (Kosmos) | Pleroma (Fullness of Light) |
| Nature | Ignorant, jealous, just but cruel | Unknown, loving, merciful |
| Key quality | Power and Law | Grace and Love |
| Relationship to humanity | Creates and enslaves | Redeems and liberates |
| Representative | Archons, prophets of the Law | Christ, revealer of truth |

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## 📚 5. Recommended Sources for Further Reading

1. **The Nag Hammadi Scriptures**, ed. Marvin Meyer — includes *Apocryphon of John*, *Hypostasis of the Archons*, etc.
2. **The Gnostic Bible**, ed. Willis Barnstone & Marvin Meyer — excellent commentary on Yaldabaoth and Sophia myths.
3. **Tertullian, *Against Marcion*** — a detailed rebuttal that preserves much of Marcion’s teaching.
4. **Hans Jonas, *The Gnostic Religion*** — modern analysis of the Demiurge and dualism in early Christian thought.
5. **Elaine Pagels, *The Gnostic Gospels*** — accessible overview of how early Christianity split over these cosmological views.
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