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Author | : Gui de Cambrai |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2014-02-25 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0698137507 |
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A new translation of the most popular Christian tale of the Middle Ages, which springs from the story of the Buddha. When his astrologers foretell that his son Josaphat will convert to Christianity, the pagan King Avenir confines him to a palace, allowing him to know only the pleasures of the world, and to see no illness, death, or poverty. Despite the king's precautions, the hermit Barlaam comes to Josaphat and begins to teach the prince Christian beliefs through parables. Josaphat converts to Christianity, angering his father, who tries to win his son back to his religion before he, too, converts. After his father's death, Josaphat renounces the world and lives as a hermit in the wilderness with his teacher Barlaam. Long attributed to the eighth-century monk and scholar, St. John of Damascus, Barlaam and Josaphat was translated into numerous languages around the world. Philologists eventually traced the name Josaphat as a derivation from the Sanskrit bodhisattva, the Buddhist term for the future Buddha, highlighting this text as essential source reading for connections between several of the world’s most popular religions. The first version to appear in modern English, Peggy McCracken’s highly readable translation reintroduces a classic tale and makes it accessible once again. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Author | : Saint John (of Damascus) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 670 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : Fiction |
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The Greek version of the legend, from which European versions collectively descend, is attributed by some to Saint John of Damascus.
Author | : Kenneth Somerled Macdonald |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1895 |
Genre | : Barlaam and Joasaph |
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Author | : David Marshall Lang |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 131 |
Release | : 2021-12-19 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1000514617 |
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Originally published in 1966, the full Georgian text of the oldest version of this Christian version of this matchless classic of Oriental wisdom literature is made accessible to a wider readership in an English translation. Based on a unique manuscript preserved in the Greek Patriarchate at Jerusalem, this rendering should appeal to those interested in comparative religion, Buddhism, medieval Christianity, the history of monasticism and in the literature of the Georgians and other ancient nations of the former Soviet Union.
Author | : Donald S. Lopez, Jr. |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2014-04-07 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0393089150 |
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The fascinating account of how the story of the Buddha was transformed into the legend of a Christian saint. The story of Saint Josaphat, a prince who gave up his wealth and kingdom to follow Jesus, was one of the most popular Christian tales of the Middle Ages, translated into a dozen languages, and cited by Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice. Yet Josaphat is only remembered today because of the similarities of his life to that of the Buddha. In Search of the Christian Buddha is set against the backdrop of the trade along the Silk Road, the Christian settlement of Palestine, the spread of Islam, and the Crusades. It traces the path of the Buddha’s tale from India and shows how it evolved, adopting details from each culture during its sojourn. These early instances of globalization allowed not only goods but also knowledge to flow between different cultures and around much of the world. Eminent scholars Donald S. Lopez Jr. and Peggy McCracken reveal how religions born thousands of miles apart shared ideas throughout the centuries. They uncover surprising convergences and divergences between these faiths on subjects including the meaning of death, the problem of desire, and their view of women. Demonstrating the incredible power of this tale, they ask not how stories circulate among religions but how religions circulate among stories.
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Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 1895 |
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Total Pages | : 754 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : Barlaam and Joasaph |
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Author | : Anonymous |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-09 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781088050224 |
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Barlaam and Josaphat, also known as Bilawhar and Budhasaf, are legendaryChristian saints. Their life story was based on the life of the Gautama Buddha, and tells of the conversion of Josaphat to Christianity. According to the legend, an Indian king persecuted the Christian Church in his realm. After astrologers predicted that his own son would some day become a Christian, the king imprisoned the young prince Josaphat, who nevertheless met the hermit Saint Barlaam and converted to Christianity. After much tribulation the young prince's father accepted the Christian faith, turned over his throne to Josaphat, and retired to the desert to become a hermit. Josaphat himself later abdicated and went into seclusion with his old teacher Barlaam.
Author | : K.S. MacDonald |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 109 |
Release | : 1894 |
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Author | : Saint ) John (of Damascus |
Publisher | : Palala Press |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2015-08-31 |
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ISBN | : 9781340674953 |
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