Ebook: Three Studies of Simon Magus

n this volume are three separate studies of the first-century CE religious teacher, Simon Magus. Simon was first known among Christians in the latter half of that century, in the Acts of the Apostles 8:9 - 23 and in the writings of Justin Martyr and the Clementine literature, all contemporary or near-contemporary with each other.

The first study was done by the Theosophist G. R. S. Mead over a century ago. This digital edition was created by Ares Publishers in 1979, and is a lot easier to read than the scan of the original found at the Internet Archive. The second study was written by a man named Mark Kern and was published in 2004. There is no bibliographical information in the text, so it may be assumed that it was self-published. The third is a complete modern study by Stephen Haar and published by de Gruyter in 2003.

pp. 3 - 59

Simon Magus - G. R. S. Mead - Ares Publishers 1979

pp. 60 - 84

Simon Magus the Heresiarch - Mark Hern - Mark Hern 2004

pp. 85 - 411

Simon Magus: The First Gnostic? Stephen Haar - de Gruyter 2003

It may be worthwhile to pursue two studies of the teacher variously named Elxai or Elchesai; he too was a near-contemporary of these events. Available here:

http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=0FB78BB074315BD828A6B6352E5C6F3A