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During the Renaissance, it was accepted that Hermes Trismegistus was a contemporary of Moses. However, after Casaubon's dating of the Hermetic writings as being no earlier than the second or third century AD, the whole of Renaissance Hermeticism collapsed. | During the Renaissance, it was accepted that Hermes Trismegistus was a contemporary of Moses. However, after Casaubon's dating of the Hermetic writings as being no earlier than the second or third century AD, the whole of Renaissance Hermeticism collapsed. | ||
==Islamic tradition== | |||
The star-worshipping [[Islam]]ic sect known as the [[Sabians|Sabians of Harran]] believed that their doctrine descended from Hermes Trismegistus. | |||
Hermetic fragments are also found in the works of Muslim [[alchemy|alchemists]] in their commentaries on the [[Emerald Tablet]] such as Jabir ibn Hayyan (died c. 806–816) and Ibn Umayl (c. 900 – c. 960). | |||
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