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

New English translations of the scattered fragments and testimonies regarding Hermes Thrice Great from antiquity through the Middle Ages.

M. David Litwa (Edited and translated by)

9781316633588, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 1 December 2022

387 pages, 1 b/w illus.
22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.56 kg

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-Kind?, 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.

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).

Subject Areas: Bible readings, selections & meditations [HRCG9], Biblical commentaries [HRCG1], New Testaments [HRCF2], Church history [HRCC2], History of religion [HRAX], Classical history / classical civilisation [HBLA1], Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA]