| Baralam and Yewasef: Volume 1: Being the Ethiopic Version of a Christianized Recension of the Buddhist Legend of the Buddha and the Bodhisattva Contributor(s): Budge, Ernest Wallis (Editor) |
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ISBN: 110764741X ISBN-13: 9781107647411 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $36.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | African - Religion | Buddhism - General (see Also Philosophy - Buddhist) |
| Dewey: 294.333 |
| Series: Library of Arcana |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 9" (0.87 lbs) 266 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Buddhist - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Originally published in 1923, this book by highly esteemed Orientalist Ernest Wallis Budge contains the Ethiopic text of the tale of Baral m and Yĕw sĕf, a Christianized version of the Buddhist legend of the Buddha and the Bodhisattva. The story was reproduced from two manuscripts in the British Museum, and any variations in the texts are noted at the bottom of each page. This book will be of value to students of Ethiopic and anyone with an interest in the transmission and adaptation of folklore. |