{"product_id":"hermetica-the-greek-corpus-hermeticum-and-the-latin-asclepius-in-a-new-english-translation-with-notes-and-introduction-paperback-9780521425438","title":"Hermetica; The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius in a New English Translation, with Notes and Introduction (Paperback) 9780521425438","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHermetica\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius in a New English Translation, with Notes and Introduction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHighly acclaimed new translation of the Hermetica, the only English version based on reliable texts.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBrian P. Copenhaver (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521425438, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 12 October 1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e408 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.3 x 13.7 x 2.8 cm, 0.48 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'A highly readable and reliable translation. Because it also embodies in its text and in its very extensive commentary the critical scholarship of the last ninety years, Copenhaver's translation will remain the canonical English version of the seventeen treatises of the Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius for a long time to come … Copenhaver's introduction, which runs some sixty pages, is a wonderful summing-up of the history, literature and problems of Hermeticism from antiquity to the present day … The commentary is virtually an encyclopedia of the scholarship … with generous citations of the relevant literature on Neoplatonism, Christian Gnosticism, the Bible and classical religious history thrown in to complete the picture.'  British Journal for the History of Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Hermetica are a body of theological-philosophical texts written in late antiquity, but long believed to be much older. Their supposed author, Hermes Trismegistus, was thought to be a contemporary of Moses, and the Hermetic philosophy was regarded as an ancient theology, parallel to the received wisdom of the Bible. This first English translation based on reliable texts, together with Brian P. Copenhaver's comprehensive introduction, provide an indispensable resource to scholars in ancient philosophy and religion, early Christianity, Renaissance literature, and history, the history of science, and the occultist tradition in which the Hermetica have become canonical texts.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Corpus Hermeticum I\u003cbr\u003e Corpus Hermeticum II\u003cbr\u003e Corpus Hermeticum III\u003cbr\u003e Corpus Hermeticum IV\u003cbr\u003e Corpus Hermeticum V\u003cbr\u003e Corpus Hermeticum VI\u003cbr\u003e Corpus Hermeticum VII\u003cbr\u003e Corpus Hermeticum VIII\u003cbr\u003e Corpus Hermeticum IX\u003cbr\u003e Corpus Hermeticum X\u003cbr\u003e Corpus Hermeticum XI\u003cbr\u003e Corpus Hermeticum XII\u003cbr\u003e Corpus Hermeticum XIII\u003cbr\u003e Corpus Hermeticum XIV\u003cbr\u003e Corpus Hermeticum XV\u003cbr\u003e Corpus Hermeticum XVI\u003cbr\u003e Corpus Hermeticum XVII\u003cbr\u003e Corpus Hermeticum XVIII\u003cbr\u003e Asclepius.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary essays [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary essays\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20essays%20%5BDNF%5D%22\"\u003eDNF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000132063512,"sku":"9780521425438","price":43.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521425438i_ff2060b5-82ca-45f1-812f-c873cf1a3443.jpg?v=1691381638","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/hermetica-the-greek-corpus-hermeticum-and-the-latin-asclepius-in-a-new-english-translation-with-notes-and-introduction-paperback-9780521425438","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}