Buch, Französisch, Band 77, 440 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 904 g
Pratiques Rituelles Et Traités Hermétiques
Buch, Französisch, Band 77, 440 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 904 g
Reihe: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies
ISBN: 978-90-04-22345-5
Verlag: Brill
The Hermetic writings transmitted in Greek, Latin and Coptic (Corpus hermeticum, Asclepius and the three Hermetic texts in Codex VI of Nag Hammadi) are evidences of different religious trends within the Hermetic tradition, between the 2nd and the 4th centuries. These currents belong to Egyptian wisdom, while mixing Egyptian and Greek traditions, and they propose a way to salvation, the way of Hermes. This volume is the first monograph which explores the ritual practices and their place on this way to salvation. Sacrifices, prayers, the baptism in the crater, regeneration and visions are successively analyzed in Greek, Latin and Coptic literature. A large place is reserved for didactic practice, which participates in the spiritual formation of the disciple, especially through spiritual exercises. This book studies also how at least some authors participate in philosophical and religious debates of their time. It will be of interest to both historians of the end of Antiquity and historians of religion and philosophy.
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All those interested in the history of Late Antiquity, the history of religions and of philosophy, as well as those interested in Nag Hammadi.
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Introduction
I. La littérature hermétique philosophique
II. État de l’historiographie sur la littérature hermétique philosophique
III. Approche proposée
Première Partie. La pratique de l’enseignement au cœur de la ' voie d’Hermès '
1. De Poimandrès aux hermétistes: mise en place de la pratique didactique
2. Maître, disciple et enseignement
3. La protection du savoir: un devoir de l’hermétiste
Deuxième Partie. L’hermétiste: communiquer avec le divin
4. Images des dieux: des dieux parmi les hommes
5. L’hermétiste, les sacrifices et les prières
Troisième Partie. L’hermétiste face à l’intellect, la parole et la connaissance
6. L’intellect pour concevoir Dieu