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Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaqi) refers to Seth as the ancestor of Noah and hence the father of all [[mankind]]. According to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zohar Zohar]] 1:36b, Seth is "ancestor of all the Generations of the Tzaddikim" (righteous ones).

Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaqi) refers to Seth as the ancestor of Noah and hence the father of all [[mankind]]. According to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zohar Zohar]] 1:36b, Seth is "ancestor of all the Generations of the Tzaddikim" (righteous ones).

==In Gnosticism==

==In Gnosticism==

In Gnosticism, Seth is seen as a replacement given by God for Cain and Abel. It is said that late in life, Adam gave Seth [[Private|secret]] teachings that would become the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalah kabbalah]].

In Gnosticism, Seth is seen as a replacement given by God for Cain and Abel. It is said that late in life, Adam gave Seth [[Private|secret]] teachings that would become the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalah kabbalah].

 

==In Josephus==

==In Josephus==

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephus Josephus]] refers to Seth as [[virtuous]] and of excellent [[character]] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiquities_of_the_Jews Antiquities of the Jews], and reports that his descendants invented the [[wisdom]] of the [Astronomy|heavenly bodies]], and built the "pillars of the sons of Seth", two pillars inscribed with many [[scientific]] discoveries and inventions, notably in astronomy. They were built by Seth's descendants based on Adam's [[prediction]] that the world would be destroyed at one time by fire and another time by global flood, in order to protect the discoveries and be remembered after the destruction. One was composed of brick, and the other of stone, so that if the pillar of brick should be destroyed, the pillar of stone would remain, both reporting the ancient discoveries, and informing men that a pillar of brick was also erected. Josephus reports that the pillar of stone remained in the land of Siriad in his day.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephus Josephus]] refers to Seth as [[virtuous]] and of excellent [[character]] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiquities_of_the_Jews Antiquities of the Jews], and reports that his descendants invented the [[wisdom]] of the [Astronomy|heavenly bodies]], and built the "pillars of the sons of Seth", two pillars inscribed with many [[scientific]] discoveries and inventions, notably in astronomy. They were built by Seth's descendants based on Adam's [[prediction]] that the world would be destroyed at one time by fire and another time by global flood, in order to protect the discoveries and be remembered after the destruction. One was composed of brick, and the other of stone, so that if the pillar of brick should be destroyed, the pillar of stone would remain, both reporting the ancient discoveries, and informing men that a pillar of brick was also erected. Josephus reports that the pillar of stone remained in the land of Siriad in his day.