Reitzenstein Poimandres 1904

Edward Hobbs EHOBBS at WELLESLEY.EDU
Sun Jul 12 15:41:48 EDT 1998


Having taken a look at what we have at Harvard on Poimandres, I discover
that in addition to the edition done by (co-edited by) Arthur Darby Nock
(before my time, alas!), mentioned by Daniel Rian~o, there is a concordance 
to Tractate One done by my one-time colleagues Dieter Georgi and John 
Strugnell, in 1971.  It was published, in somewhat meagre form, by the 
Boston Theological Institute; whether copies still exist outside libraries,
I don't know.  Dieter (retired from Frankfurt University in Germany) is 
teaching this year at Union Seminary NY, I think, and might know where 
copies are to be found.  John is still living in the Cambridge area, but 
doesn't communicate very much, so probably wouldn't be a resource.

The stories about Nock still circulate around Harvard.  My favorite:
He liked to work in his home study stark naked.  A visitor (some versions 
say it was a woman) knocked at his door, and he called, "Come in."
He/she entered, and seeing him naked, cried out, "My God!"  Nock rose to 
his feet, bowed, and said, "No; only his humble servant, Arthur Darby Nock."


I have delivered unto you what I also received: the _traditio_.


Edward Hobbs




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