Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. III — G. R. S. Mead (1906)
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those who desire an introduction to this branch of literature, Mr. Mead has made it easily accessible." — The Sheffield Daily Telegraph.
" Written by a professed theosophist, this work is yet entirely free from the taint of dogmatism of any kind. It is indeed a valuable contribution to the literature on the subject, which is as abundant as it is chaotic. The author has collected and reviewed this mass, and has summarised and criticised it until he has shaped it into something of a coherent whole. The Rabbinical and other Hebrew legendary and historical matter dealing with the reputed origin and life of the Messiah is carefully sifted, and the subject is approached with befitting reverence That the book is most valuable from a suggestive point of view cannot be denied. It merits the attention of all interested in Christian criticism." — The Scotsman.
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WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
" This book, with its remarkable title, deals in a very critical spirit with the origins of Christianity. . . . Although critical in the highest degree, the author does not dogmatise, and preserves a philosophical calm thought." — The Chatham and Rochester Observer.
" The author of this learned work is not propounding a mere theological riddle, nor can he be said to be coming forward wantonly merely to increase the number of puzzles that confront the student of Christian origins The author has been a very diligent student of the Talmud, and perhaps his lengthened account of that extraordinary body of traditions is one of the best in our language The argument throughout is marked by great erudition and remarkable modesty." — The Glasgow Herald.
" The question is not a fool's question. It is serious, and Mr. Mead takes it seriously." — The Expository Times.
" Mr. Mead has done much first-rate work, on untraditional lines, in early Church history, and has propounded theorems of which a good deal more will be heard. He always writes as a scholar, with complete avoidance of infelicities of theological utterance such as too often have handicapped suggestive heterodoxies." — The Literary World.
" The materials for the further pursuit of the inquiry are all brought together in this volume, and the author is at very evident pains to hold the balance carefully as between the different authorities whom he quotes. He has read everything of any importance that has been published relating to the subject of which he treats. He is evidently a very widely read man, and is possessed of much critical acumen, as also of all the best qualifications of historical inquiry and original research. The work will, we doubt not, be largely read by Christian theologians." — The Asiatic Quarterly Review.
" This is the fifth book by Mr. Mead that we have had the pleasure of bringing before our readers. In our notices of his earlier volumes we have been glad to recognise, whether we agreed with him or not, the learning, the earnestness, the scientific method, and the deep religious spirit by which they have been animated. The title of the present volume will, we anticipate, cause many readers to regard it as a piece of cranky speculation. . . . It is not, however, a work to be dismissed with a mere shrug of the shoulders. . . . Mr. Mead has brought out not simply an interesting but a valuable work, even apart from the special thesis which he investigates." — The Primitive Methodist Quarterly Review.
" I would direct the attention of educated scholarly men to a very remarkable book . . . . written by G. R. S. Mead I invite our educated and seriousminded Protestanb clergymen everywhere to read this book and tell me, privately, what they think about it."— Standish O' Grady, in The All Ireland Review.
" A much more remarkable collection of apocrypha is the subject of a curious book by Mr. Mead, known to the small public who are interested in such things as learned in the fantasies of Gnosticism We have not often read a learned book from which we dissent so widely with more genuine interest, and we are bound to recognise the dignified and scholarly fashion in which Mr. Mead puts forward his theses, strange and Impossible as some of them seem to us to be. — The Pilot.