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Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius in a New English Translation, with Notes and Introduction: The Greek "Corpus Hermeticum" and the Latin "Asclepius" | 
 enlarge | Creator: Brian P. Copenhaver
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Category: Book
Buy New: £118.74
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1685114
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 404
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.6 x 1.2
ISBN: 0521361443
Dewey Decimal Number: 135.4
EAN: 9780521361446
ASIN: 0521361443
Publication Date: August 27, 1992
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 Extremely useful translation March 22, 2007
debugger#77 (Durban, South Africa)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
While I am strictly no student of the Hermetica and cannot critically comment on the quality of the actual translation with relation to other academic texts, I have found this to be an invaluable source material. It is one of the few contemporary translations that I have found to be accessible. The author has written an extensive introduction which places the Corpus Hermeticum nicely within its historical and religious context. He considers much of the extant academic information available at the time in the construction of his introduction. How much this has influenced his translation, I cannot say. In addition, there is a very useful appendix of additional notes which should aid both student and lay reader alike.
I appreciate the translation, found it lucid and would consider this an invaluable resource for anyone who wishes to understand this branch of late antique thought within the history of religious ideas. Serious students of the Hermetica may wish to supplement this with the additional translations and sources that the author continualy references in his introduction.
 Inspirational read. No heebie jeebies for fundamentalists. June 4, 1999
24 out of 25 found this review helpful
Only 90 or so pages of this book comprise the actual translation. The long introduction is illuminative and absolutely necessary to show how these writings may have influenced early Christian and Platonic thinkers. The 150 pages found after the translation are exhaustive notes that would be of use only to scholars.Moreso than the Bible, these writings expound on the natures of god and the desirability of adoration of the creator. Although pre-Christian, the most lock jawed modern day fundamentalist will find little that is objectionable here. Copenhaver's introduction makes it clear as to why these pre-Christian writings found favor with many early Christian thinkers. There is no hocus pocus in this book on Hermetica -- a word which is often associated with occult. Thanks to Copenhaver for the English translation.
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