[4] The date of the original work has been a point of scholarly contention because the writing lacks Christian themes[1] and other explicit allusions.
[5] The text provides an interpretation of the Genesis account of creation, describes the descent of a heavenly illuminator of knowledge, and ends with an apocalyptic prophecy.
Noah then divides the Earth among his sons Ham, Japheth and Shem and warns them to serve Sakla in fear and slavery.
But great clouds of light descend, and Abrasax, Sablo, and Gamaliel come to rescue the people and take them to the eternal realms where they will be like angels.
Douglas M. Parrott argues that this section was originally an independent work that is influenced by the author's Egyptian surroundings:[2] However, the generation without a king believes that God chose him from all the eternal realms.