Some of these sects such as the Elchassites respected Judaism and Jews as guides, but others such as the Mandaeans rejected them. The Mandaeans also rejected the Christian Jesus as a literary invention.
Gnostic Baptists can be distinguished from Christians by their use of the name Yahia insteat of Iuhana to refer to John the Baptist and the use of the word Ieso instead of Yeshua to refer to Jesus.
