Home » Wisdom of Balahvar
Product Image

Wisdom of Balahvar

David Marshall Lang
€40.99
Quantity:
Ships in 10-20 days
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
Shipping & Delivery
A01=David Marshall Lang
ascetism
Author_David Marshall Lang
Bodhisattva
Buddha
Buddhist and Christian fables
Category=QRF
Category=QRM
Category=QRVS1
Christian Buddhist syncretism
Christian Fables
Christian monasticism
comparative religion studies
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
Follow
Four Omens
Georgian manuscript translation
Georgian Monastery
Georgian Text
Georgian Versions
Great Renunciation
Hold
Hollowed
Holy Men
Jerusalem
Jesus
King Abenes
King's Son
King’s Son
Kinsman
legend transmission history
Living
Maiden
Mankind
medieval hagiography
Mount Athos
Near Eastern folklore
Omens
Oriental wisdom literature
origins of Barlaam and Josaphat narrative
Poor
Roman Catholic and Greek orthodox hagiography
Scribe
Sick
Strong
Wandering

Product details

  • ISBN 9781032168814
  • Weight: 480g
  • Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Dec 2023
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
Secure checkout Fast Shipping Easy returns
Description

Originally published in 1957 and forming a companion volume to The Balavariani, this volume provides valuable research into the biography of Gautama Buddha and its influence on medieval Christian thought. This work, the romance of Barlaam and Josaphat, was included by Caxton in The Golden Legend and inspired the episode of the Caskets in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice; its heroes were venerated as Saints. Over a century ago, however, the legend was finally identified as an adaptation of episodes from the life and ministry of the Buddha. The first part of the book is devoted to tracing the development and migration of the Barlaam and Josaphat legend from its original Buddhist environment to the West. The second part is a translation of the Georgian text – the first published in any Western European language. The volume therefore gives one of the oldest Near Eastern versions of the story.
About David Marshall Lang
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.

More from this author