Hermetica II - The Excerpts of Stobaeus, Papyrus Fragments, Ancient Testimonies in

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

List 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).

About the author

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).

Product details

• Assisted by: Litwa M. David (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2022
• EAN: 9781316633588
• ISBN: 978-1-316-63358-8
• No. of pages: 387
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; HISTORY / Ancient / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Meditations / General, Christianity, History of Religion, Bible readings, selections & meditations, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Bible readings, selections and meditations, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, New Testaments, Biblical Studies & Exegesis