Note 277 — Chapter VIII · POST-CHRISTIAN GNOSTICS: THE OPHITES
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Grüber, Die Ophiten, Würzburg, 1864, pp. 173 sqq., points out that the Ophites, like the Valentinians, seem to have used the Peshitto or Syriac version of the Canonical Books for their quotations. He says the fact had been already noticed by Harvey. It is, of course, another indication of the Anatolian or Syrian origin of the sect.