Baralam and Yewasef: Being the Ethiopic Version of a Christianized Recension of the Buddhist Legend of the Buddha and the Bodhisattva - Brossura

Budge, Ernest Wallis

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ISBN 10: 1107643716 ISBN 13: 9781107643710

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Riassunto

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 Baralâm and Yĕwâsĕf, 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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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 Baralâm and Yĕwâsĕf, a Christianized version of the Buddhist legend of the Buddha and the Bodhisattva. Budge also examines versions of the story in other linguistic traditions.

Contenuti:

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 Iôasaph; 8. The Latin and Western European versions; The Book of Baralâm and Yĕwâsĕf - 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.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1107643716
• ISBN 13: 9781107643710
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 620