). ▁Their ▁other ▁texts ▁include ▁the ▁Ap ocal yp se ▁of ▁Adam , ▁Ap oc ry phon ▁of ▁John , ▁the ▁Tr im orph ic ▁Pro ten no ia , ▁and ▁the ▁Co ptic ▁G ospel ▁of ▁the ▁Egypt ians . ▁ ▁The ▁text ▁is ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁ 3 rd - century ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁S eth ian ▁G nost ics , ▁as ▁they ▁became ▁more ▁separated ▁from ▁Christian ity , ▁and ▁closer ▁to ▁Pl aton ism . ▁ ▁The ▁Three ▁St eles ▁( or ▁Table ts ) ▁of ▁S eth ▁are ▁in ▁ess ence , ▁three ▁h ym ns ▁written ▁in ▁ad oration ▁for ▁the ▁more ▁abstract ▁being , ▁Bar bel o , ▁from ▁the ▁perspective ▁of ▁the ▁arch et ype ▁of ▁S eth ▁( “ E mm ak ha ▁S eth ” ) ▁and ▁his ▁father ▁Adam ▁( or ▁“ G er ad am as ” ) 1 . ▁The ▁St eles ▁themselves ▁were ▁alleg edly ▁written ▁by ▁Em m ak ha ▁S eth , ▁a ▁spiritual ▁arch et ype ▁of ▁S eth , ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁Adam ▁and ▁E ve ▁and ▁founder ▁of ▁the ▁g nost ic ▁race ▁( Im mov able ▁race , ▁Se ed ▁of ▁S eth ), ▁and ▁thus ▁are ▁considered ▁pse ude p ig raph ic . ▁The ▁famous ▁historian ▁of ▁first ▁century , ▁Joseph us ▁mentions ▁in ▁his ▁Anti qu ities ▁ 1 , ▁a ▁story ▁where ▁S eth , ▁Son ▁of ▁Adam , ▁leaves ▁some ▁stone ▁table ts ▁ins cribed ▁with ▁es