Francis T. Fallon's The Enthronement of Sabaoth: Jewish Elements in Gnostic Creation Myths (1978) analyzes the figure of Sabaoth in Nag Hammadi texts (e.g., Hypostasis of the Archons, On the Origin of the World). It argues that Gnostics repurposed Jewish apocalyptic and Merkabah traditions to create a nuanced cosmology where Sabaoth, son of the evil Yaldabaoth, repents and is enthroned as a positive, albeit lower, divine ruler. Fallon's work (1978) remains a key academic text for understanding the complex dialogue between Gnostic Christianity and apocalyptic Judaism, highlighting that Gnosticism did not merely reject Judaism but sometimes reinterpreted its traditions to suit their cosmological views.