Baralam and Yewasef: Volume 2
Being the Ethiopic Version of a Christianized Recension of the Buddhist Legend of the Buddha and the Bodhisattva
Published on 6. March 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
620 pages
978-1-107-64371-0 (ISBN)
Description
Originally published in 1923, this book by highly esteemed Orientalist Ernest Wallis Budge contains an English translation of the Ethiopic text of the tale of Baralam and Yewasef, a Christianized version of the Buddhist legend of the Buddha and the Bodhisattva. Budge also examines versions of the story in other linguistic traditions, including Persian and Armenian, and revised translations of The Preaching of St Thomas in India and The Acts of St Thomas in India, which he originally published in 1899. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the transmission and adaptation of folklore or in early Christianity.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
993 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-64371-0 (9781107643710)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Preface; Introduction; The Versions: 1. The Syriac version; 2. The Arabic version; 3. The Hebrew version; 4. The Persian version; 5. The Armenian version; 6. The Georgian version; 7. The Greek book of Barlaam and Ioasaph; 8. The Latin and Western European versions; The Book of Baralam and Yewasef - English translation; The Preaching of St Thomas in India; The Acts of St Thomas in India; List of bible passages quoted or referred to; Index.