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2013 Reprint of 1906 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Three Volumes bound into one. Volume contents are: Vol. 1. Prolegomena. -- Vol. 2. Sermons. -- Vol. 3. Excerpts and fragments This work exemplifies all that is best in Mead's dedicated, scholarly, but eminently readable studies of the spiritual roots of Christian Gnosticism and, more generally, of personal religion in the Greco-Roman world. His work encompassed much more than this; Mead was equally at home with Sanskrit texts, Patristic literature, Buddhist thought, and the problems of contemporary philosophy and psychical research. He devoted his intellectual energy to the complex interplay of Gnosticism, Hellenism, Judaism, and Christianity. This three volume set presents his insights into the formation of the Gnostic world-view and establishes him as an outstanding translator of these Hermetic books, and as the first modern scholar of Gnostic tradition.
Paperback: 858 pages
Publisher: Martino Fine Books (October 2, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1614274975
ISBN-13: 978-1614274971
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1.9 x 9.2 inches
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A classic work on the philosophical Hermetica and the figure of Hermes Trismegistus, G.R.S. Mead's three volume (here in one) The Thrice-Greatest Hermes (1906) is a book I've been interested in for some time.The first volume (Prolegomena) gives an extensive study of the Hermetic corpus and the origins of Hermeticism, situated in the context of Egyptian religion and Hellenistic theology and philosophy. The scholarship isn't current, so while it is very good it should be supplemented by a reading of something like Garth Fowden's The Egyptian Hermes: A Historical Approach to the Late Pagan Mind (1986) if you are interested in the more up-to-date scholarship on the subject.The second volume gives a translation of the entire Corpus Hermeticum and the Asclepius, with extensive commentary following each section.The third volume gives the excerpts and fragments that make up the rest of the Hermetica, namely from Stobaeus, but also from the Fathers (Clement of Alexandria, Augustine, etc) and the philosophers of antiquity (Zosimus, Iamblichus, etc).As a side note, there are a lot of bad reprints of this and other similar books floating around on the internet, for sale on sites like . This is the second book I've purchased from Martino press, and both have been of good quality, as far as printing and binding go. I would recommend that if you are interested in getting a copy of this book, get one of the older hardback editions (Samuel Weiser) or this Martino paperback.
A very good read - a classic for anyone interested in these themes.
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