. . . according to Hippolytus, Abraham was indirectly identified
with the title the 'Ancient of Days' (παλαιος των ημερων), a slight alternation
of the LXX/Theodotion translation (παλαιος ημερων) by the Valentinians. This
came about when they identified the demiurge with the 'Ancient of Days' and
then stated that Abraham is the demiurge (Ref. 4.32; 34.4). (Phillip B. Munoa,
III, Four Powers in Heaven: The Interpretation of Daniel 7 in the Testament
of Abraham [Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Supplement Series
28; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998], 71)
