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]
Alexander J. Mazur | |
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Born | 1969 United States |
Died | August 2016 United States | (aged 46–47)
Nationality | American |
Other names | Zeke Mazur |
Occupation | Historian of philosophy |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Chicago |
Thesis | The Platonizing Sethian Gnostic background of Plotinus' mysticism (2010) |
Doctoral advisor | Michael Sells, Kevin Corrigan, and John D. Turner |
Academic work | |
Discipline | History of philosophy History of religion |
Main interests |
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.[4] Afterwards, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Université Laval.[5]
Mazur died in August 2016. His book The Platonizing Sethian background of Plotinus's mysticism was published posthumously by Brill in 2021.[6][7]
A selection of Mazur's published articles:[5]