ographical ▁and ▁historical ▁writ ings ▁on ▁Greek ▁colon ization ); ▁ 1 8 0 8 , ▁ 1 8 1 1 . ▁ ▁References ▁▁▁ ▁translated ▁bi ography ▁@ ▁Mey ers ▁Kon vers ations - L ex ikon ▁ ▁Category : 1 7 4 6 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 8 1 2 ▁death s ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Qu aken br ück ▁Category : G erman ▁histor ians ▁Category : Univers ity ▁of ▁K iel ▁fac ulty ▁Category : G erman ▁male ▁non - f iction ▁writers <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁Three ▁St eles ▁of ▁S eth ▁is ▁a ▁ 3 rd - century ▁S eth ian ▁G nost ic ▁text ▁from ▁the ▁New ▁Testament ▁ap oc ry pha . ▁ ▁History ▁The ▁main ▁surv iving ▁copies ▁come ▁from ▁the ▁Nag ▁Hamm adi ▁library , ▁and ▁were ▁translated ▁and ▁explained ▁by ▁Paul ▁Claude , ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Nag ▁Hamm adi ▁Research ▁Group ▁of ▁the ▁Fac ulty ▁of ▁The ology ▁and ▁Relig ious ▁Studies , ▁Univers ité ▁L aval ▁( Que bec ). ▁ ▁The ▁text ▁concerns ▁a ▁revel ation ▁to ▁D os it he os ▁about ▁three ▁st eles ▁( text ▁written ▁into ▁spe cially ▁created ▁stones ). ▁Many ▁sch ol ars ▁think ▁that ▁they ▁are ▁designed ▁as ▁lit ur gy . ▁ ▁The ▁text ▁is ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁from ▁the ▁S eth ian ▁sect ▁of ▁G nost ics ▁( the ▁sect ▁that ▁viewed ▁the ▁bib lic al ▁S eth ▁as ▁their ▁hero , ▁who ▁was ▁re inc arn ated ▁as ▁Jesus