Alexander J. Mazur Explained

Alexander J. Mazur
Birth Date:1969
Birth Place:United States
Death Place:United States
Other Names:Zeke Mazur
Occupation:Historian of philosophy
Alma Mater:University of Chicago
Thesis Title:The Platonizing Sethian Gnostic background of Plotinus' mysticism
Thesis Url:https://www.proquest.com/openview/ce381a609f6af0f8b2e2bfa8dbf7f1b8/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750
Thesis Year:2010
Doctoral Advisor:Michael Sells, Kevin Corrigan, and John D. Turner
Discipline:History of philosophy
History of religion

Alexander J. Mazur (b. 1969, d. August 2016; also known as Zeke Mazur[1] [2]) was an American scholar specializing in Neoplatonism, Gnosticism, and mysticism. Mazur is noted for his work on the relationship between Neoplatonism and Gnosticism.[3] He is the son of Barry Mazur.[4]

Education and career

Mazur majored in Philosophy and Classical Studies with a minor in Religion at the University of Massachusetts at Boston, graduating summa cum laude with a B.A. in June 1999. He then attended the University of Chicago for his graduate studies, where he obtained his M.A. in May 2002 and graduated with a Ph.D. in August 2010. His doctoral thesis, The Platonizing Sethian Gnostic background of Plotinus' mysticism, was supervised by Michael Sells, Kevin Corrigan, and John D. Turner.[5] Afterwards, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Université Laval.[6]

Mazur died in August 2016. His book The Platonizing Sethian background of Plotinus's mysticism was published posthumously by Brill in 2021.[7] [8]

Published articles

A selection of Mazur's published articles:[6]

Co-edited volumes

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mazur, Zeke . WorldCat.org . 2021-11-25.
  2. Web site: Zeke Mazur . VIAF . 2021-11-25.
  3. Web site: Thinking your way up: Zeke Mazur's radical new take on Plotinus's mysticism. 10 December 2020. Brill. 2021-11-25. 2021-11-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20211122205846/https://blog.brill.com/humanitiesmatter/zeke_mazur_-_thinking_your_way_up.html. dead.
  4. Barry Mazur talks about his son about minute 24 of the documentary Barry Mazur and the Infinite Cheese of Knowledge.
  5. Web site: The Platonizing Sethian Gnostic background of Plotinus' mysticism . ProQuest . 2021-11-25 . 2021-11-25.
  6. Web site: Zeke Mazur Homepage . kalyptos.org . 2014-11-23 . 2021-11-25.
  7. Book: Mazur, Alexander J. . The Platonizing Sethian background of Plotinus's mysticism . Brill . Leiden . 2021 . 978-90-04-44171-2 . 1202732742.
  8. The Platonizing Sethian background of Plotinus's mysticism . Bryn Mawr Classical Review . 2020-08-25 . 2021-11-25.