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Hermetica II
The Excerpts of Stobaeus, Papyrus Fragments, and Ancient Testimonies in an English Translation with Notes and Introduction

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  • Editor and Translator: M. David Litwa, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne
  • Date Published: December 2022
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9781316633588

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  • This volume presents in new English translations the scattered fragments and testimonies regarding Hermes Thrice Great that complete Brian Copenhaver's translation of the Hermetica (Cambridge, 1992). It contains the twenty-nine fragments from Stobaeus (including the famous Kore Kosmou), the Oxford and Vienna fragments (never before translated), an expanded selection of fragments from various authors (including Zosimus of Panopolis, Augustine, and Albert the Great), and testimonies about Hermes from thirty-eight authors (including Cicero, Pseudo-Manetho, the Emperor Julian, Al-Kindī, Michael Psellus, the Emerald Tablet, and Nicholas of Cusa). All translations are accompanied by introductions and notes which cite sources for further reading. These Hermetic texts will appeal to a broad array of readers interested in western esotericism including scholars of Egyptology, the New Testament, the classical world, Byzantium, medieval Islam, the Latin Middle Ages, and the Renaissance.

    • Presents new English translations of Hermetic fragments and testimonies that appear nowhere else
    • Provides full introductions to all the translated materials
    • All the translations are accompanied by full annotations and recommendations for further reading
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    • Date Published: December 2022
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9781316633588
    • length: 387 pages
    • dimensions: 229 x 154 x 25 mm
    • weight: 0.57kg
    • contains: 1 b/w illus.
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    General introduction
    Stobaean Hermetica (SH 1–29)
    Oxford Hermetica (OH 1–5)
    Vienna Hermetica (VH 1–2)
    Hermetic fragments from various authors (FH 1–45)
    Testimonies concerning Hermes Thrice Great (TH 1–38).

  • Editor and Translator

    M. David Litwa, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne
    M. David Litwa is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Religion and Critical Enquiry in Melbourne Australia. His recent books include: Desiring Divinity: Self-deification in Early Jewish and Christian Mythmaking (2016); Refutation of All Heresies: Text, Translation, and Notes (2016) and Iesus Deus: The Early Christian Depiction of Jesus as a Mediterranean God (2014).

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