the early 3rd century. This estimate is because the Pistis Sophia mentions the two books of Jeu twice (158.18 and 228.35), suggesting that the Books of Jeu were written before it, and the Pistis Sophia is dated to the late 3rd or early 4th century.

The author is unknown, but was presumably a Gnostic Christian in Roman Egypt.

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The work frequently refers to Jesus as "the living [one]" or "the life-giving",

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