The word '''Sabians''' (Σοβιαΐ) ~~has been used~~ refers to ~~refer to a spectrum of believers ranging from~~ the Judeo-Baptists and related sects such as Rambam's [[Sabiah Mushrikun ]] ([[Harranians]]) ~~at one end to the~~ or [[Yazdaeans]] and [[Sabiah Hunafa ~~(Sebomenoi) at the other~~]]. Although these groups may share some common concepts or heritage, it is also possible that they refer to completely different groups of people. ~~Sabi'ism is a spectrum from semi~~ This article focuses on the original Judeo-~~paganism at one end to perfect enlightenment at the other. Thus the Harrian Yazdaeans are sabians at one end of the sabian spectrum but it is not the be all and end all~~ Baptists sometimes called Sebomenoi in Greek sources being nothing more than an alternative way of ~~the story. Sabi'ism is a journey from that end~~ refering to ~~the enlightened end. It is exactly the same way we have to look at Noahide observance~~Noahites. At one end of the Sabian spectrum Trinitarians ~~''might''~~ have a place according to some authorities(e.g. Rabbi Harvey Falk), while at the other end there is no ~~longer any~~ need to think in along such ~~terms~~lines.

==Ger Toshav, Theosebeia, Sebomenoi and Sabiun==

* '''[[Theosebeia|Sebomenoi/Sebeoi]]''' a monotheistic community God Fearers referred to by Greek manuscripts from the Hellenistic-Roman period, modern research indicates that the greek word ''TheoSeBeia'' is derived from the hebrew ''ger ToShaB'', and evolved into the word ''TSaBian'' <ref>[[God-Fearers and the Identity of the Sabians]]</ref>

** [[Sabians of the Qur'an]], or [[Seboghatullah]], a monotheistic community granted religious equality with Jews and Christians, generally assumed to be the same as the Sebomenoi, [[Ger Toshav]].<ref>ibid.</ref>

** [[Mandaeism|Mandaeans]] a gnostic community that seceded from the Sebomenoi around 60 CE. Mandaean is the term used for the laypeople of the community, and Nasorean is the term used for the priesthood directly descended from the 1st C. BC [[Notzrim]]. With the advent of Islam, the only surviving Mandaeans lived in southern Iraq. They were originally protected under Islamic law as Nosaari, but they adopted the name Sabian when Christians assumed exclusive use of the name Nosaari. They continue to live in Lower Babylonia, in the territory of Wasiṭ and Bassora, near Khuzistan. ca. 1st c. CE to the present day, although very few in number.

~~==Harranians same as Yazdâeans==~~

* [[Harranians|Sabean of Harran]], aka Harranians, a the exonym (ca. 9th and 10th c. CE) for the Yazdâeans gnostic people who have lived in northern Mesopotamia from ancient times. As star-worshippers, Harranians showed a great interest in astronomy, astrology, magic and mathematics. They incorporated astrology and "worship of the heavenly host". From 830 CE until 16th century they adopted the name Sabian to seek protection under Islamic law.

** [[Yazdânism]], or Cult of Angels is a gnostic religious belief of the Kurds

*** [[Yazidism]], [[Alevism]] and [[Yarsanism]] are sects within Yazdânism.

** [[Sabians of Maimonides]] The adherents of Yazdânism were referred to as the "Sabians of Harran" (of Carrhae) in Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed, although may be a composite of Sabaeans, Harranians, Mandaeans and Zoroastrians.

~~==Sabaeans and Sabaians==~~

* [[Sabaeans]] were an ancient polytheistic people who worshiped the heavenly host, living in what is now Yemen. (Although they may have had a form of monotheism under the Queen of Sheba). The ancient Sabaean Kingdom lasted from the early 1st millennium (ca. 9th century BC) to the 1st century BC. In the 1st century BC it was conquered by the Himyarites who claimed to be the true Sabaeans, but after the disintegration of the first Himyarite empire of the Kings of Saba' and dhu-Raydan the Middle Sabaean Kingdom reappeared in the early 2nd century. It was finally conquered by the Himyarites around 280 CE. The kingdom of Himyar was the dominant state in Arabia until 525 CE.

** [[Sabaian]] refer to the monotheistic followers of [[Abdullah ibn Saba]]. A derogatory term for the Shiah, reflecting the claim that Shi'ite Islam was invented by Abdullah ibn Saba, a Yemenite or Persian Muslim-Jew who lived in the time of Caliph Uthman. He may have been a true Quranic Sabian opposing reforms to islam made by the Caliphate. Even so modern Shiah islam shares more in common with Sunni islam than with Seboghatullah.

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