LEADER 03703nam 2200637Ia 450 001 996205745603316 005 20180612234459.0 010 $a9786612335365 010 $a0-19-970448-1 010 $a1-282-33536-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000779875 035 $a(EBL)3053516 035 $a(OCoLC)489195507 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000289037 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11207997 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000289037 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10383809 035 $a(PQKB)10558089 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000072890 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3053516 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000779875 100 $a20081119d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Arabic Hermes$b[electronic resource] $efrom pagan sage to prophet of science /$fKevin van Bladel 210 $aNew York ;$aOxford $cOxford University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (291 p.) 225 1 $aOxford studies in late antiquity 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-987163-9 311 $a0-19-537613-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Note on Documentation and Transliteration""; ""Part I: Background""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1 The Ancient Greek Hermetica of Roman Egypt and Their European Reception""; ""1.2 The Reception of the Greek Hermetica in Antiquity""; ""1.3 The Birth of Arabic Scholarship and the Books of the Ancients in Bagdad""; ""1.4 Understanding the Terms Hermetic and Hermetism in the Arabic Context""; ""2. Hermes in Sasanian Iran""; ""2.1 Evidence for Hermes in Sasanian Magical Texts""; ""2.2 The Hermes of the Sasanian Astrologers"" 327 $a""3.4 The Evidence for a Harranian Sabian Transmission of the Hermetica""""3.5 The End of the Harranian Sabians""; ""3.6 Conclusions""; ""Appendix to Chapter 3. The Harranians and India""; ""Part II: History of the Arabic Hermes""; ""4. The Three Hermeses""; ""4.1 The Earliest Form of the Arabic Legend of Three Hermeses""; ""4.2 Ancient Greek Antecedents to the Arabic Legend""; ""4.3 A Trail of Chronicles""; ""4.4 Annianus in Syriac and Arabic""; ""4.5 Abu Maa???A?Ħar as a Chronographer""; ""4.6 Other Aspects of the Hermes Legend""; ""4.7 The Third Hermes""; ""4.8 Conclusions"" 327 $a""5. Hermes the Prophet""""5.1 The Heavenly Ascent of Hermes""; ""5.2 Hermes the Lawgiver: Hermes as Presented by al-MubaA?ĦA?Ħir ibn Fatik""; ""5.3 The Wisdom of the Arabic Hermes""; ""5.4 The Synthesis in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries and Beyond""; ""6. Conclusion: The Making of the Arabic Hermes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z"" 330 8 $aThis is the first major study devoted to the early Arabic reception and adaption of the figure of Hermes Trismegistus, the legendary Egyptian sage to whom were ascribed numerous works on astrology, alchemy, talismans, medicine, and philosophy. 410 0$aOxford studies in late antiquity. 606 $aTheosophy 606 $aGnosticism 606 $aScience, Ancient 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTheosophy. 615 0$aGnosticism. 615 0$aScience, Ancient. 676 $a135/.45 700 $aVan Bladel$b Kevin Thomas$01007070 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996205745603316 996 $aThe Arabic Hermes$92319066 997 $aUNISA