Barlaam and Josaphat: A Christian Tale of the Buddha - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Gui de Cambrai, Peggy McCracken (Translator), Donald S. Lopez (Introduction by)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2014-02-25Pages:224
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143107019ISBN-10:143107011UPC:9780143107019Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Christian, ReligiousBook Topic:Classic & AllegorySize:7.60 x 5.10 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SC4R9829TA
Barlaam and Josaphat: A Christian Tale of the Buddha
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...
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143107019ISBN-10:143107011UPC:9780143107019Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Christian, ReligiousBook Topic:Classic & AllegorySize:7.60 x 5.10 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SC4R9829TA
Gui de Cambrai was a medieval writer from the north of France who lived from the mid-twelfth century until the thirteen century. Peggy McCracken is a professor of French, women's studies, and comparative literature at the University of Michigan. Donald S. Lopez, Jr., is a professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the University of Michigan.
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