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Albigensians
Arabic Version
ascetism
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Barren
Blessed Art Thou
Border Line
Buddha
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Cathars
Christian monasticism
comparative religion
Dead Man
Eastern Christian manuscripts
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Four Omens
Full Length Version
Georgian Language
Georgian literature
Georgian Manuscripts
Georgian Text
Georgian Version
Godly Zeal
Great Renunciation
Greek Version
Guy de Cambrai and Rudolf von Ems
hagiography studies
Heart Welled
Heavenly Altar
Holy Man
Iranian Loan Words
John Moschus
King Abenes
King's Son
King’s Son
Lope De Vega
medieval wisdom texts
monastic traditions
Oriental wisdom literature
Pehlevi Version
Roman Catholic and Greek orthodox hagiography
Rudolf Von Ems
Transitory World
transmission of Buddhist legends
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781032168616
- Weight: 272g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 20 Dec 2021
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
David Marshall Lang was appointed Acting British Vice-Consul in Tabriz in 1945. In 1946 he became a fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge and lecturing in Georgian at SOAS London from 1949-52. From 1952-1953 he was senior fellow at the Russian Institute of Columbia University in New York. In 1958 he was appointed Reader in Caucasian Studies at SOAS. Visiting Professor of Caucasian Studies at UCLA from 1964-5, in 1965 he became Professor of Caucasian Studies at London University. He was Honorary Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society from 1962-64 and held an Honorary Doctorate from Tbilisi University.
