Oedipus Aegyptiacus (1652-54 Kircher), book

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Oedipus Aegyptiacus (1652-54) is a book by Athanasius Kircher.

Abstract

The work contains the Enoch Fragments of Syncellus (Greek text & Latin translation), with annotations (vol.2.1, p.69-80). In Kircher's view, Enoch was "the first founder of Egyptian Wisdom" (Henoch primus Sapientiae Aegyptiacae conditor, vol.2.2, 149).

Editions

Published in Rome, Italy: ex Tipographia Vitalis Mascardi, <3 vols. in 4> 1652 (1), 1653 (2.1), 1653 (2.2), 1654 (3).

Online editions

Contents

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  • "Fragmentum ex libro Enoch" (vol.2.1, 69-73)
  • "Notantur nonnulla circa praedictum fragmentum libri Enoch" (vol.2.1, 74-80)

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