The Delphic Maxim G?OT? S????? in Hermetic Interpretation
As early as 1906 R. Reitzenstein suggested in his study on Poimandres that the holy word spoken by the god in § 18 of that tractate comes from an older source. Es sind Worte einer älteren heiligen Schrift; das zeigen die weiteren Zitate But Reitzenstein was unable to say anything more about...
| Published in: | Harvard theological review |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Cambridge Univ. Press
[1970]
|
| In: |
Harvard theological review
|
| Online Access: |
Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | As early as 1906 R. Reitzenstein suggested in his study on Poimandres that the holy word spoken by the god in § 18 of that tractate comes from an older source. Es sind Worte einer älteren heiligen Schrift; das zeigen die weiteren Zitate
But Reitzenstein was unable to say anything more about this older source of holy scripture which he was suggesting. W. Scott firmly believed that the first line of the holy word came into the hands of the Hermetist from the Book of Genesis, but he was certain only about the first, and not about the second part of the quotation, where he thought the author had in mind God's covenant with man in Gen. 9:11ff. or the speech of God in Plato, Tim. 42a. Scott took the quotations in Poimandres § 21 also as insertions, but made no real effort to inquire about their origin. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1475-4517 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0017816000032673 |