1995*)
Asclepius. De volkomen openbaring van Hermes Trismegistus. Ed. and transl. by G. Quispel (Pimander. Texts and Studies published by the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica 6). Amsterdam 1995
Bound, 26,5 x 20,5 cm., ca 350 pp. Dutch
*) out of print, new revised ed. forthcoming

Title information

First Dutch translation of the Asclepius. Before the rediscovery of the Corpus Hermeticum, the Latin Asclepius (the Greek original is lost) was the only major Hermetic work known in the West. The work was probably written in the first centuries CE; the author reveals his familiarity with Egyptian mystery cults, Middle Platonist works, the Septuaginta and Gnostic Jewish traditions. The translation is based not only on the surviving Latin text, but also on surviving Greek and Coptic fragments of the Asclepius.