Monadic Gnosticism. However, scholars think the legend may have come from misunderstanding of the Greek word epiphanēs which may have been mistaken as a personal name if in text, when in fact the Greek means distinguished, as in a distinguished teacher. See also Hayyi Rabbi Monad (disambiguation) Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit References Gnostic deities Gnosticism Conceptions of God Names of God in Gnosticism