This text, the first English translation of the Ethiopic version of a christianized Buddhist legend ... The book also contains descriptions of numerous other versions of the story, including Syriac, Hebrew and Western European."--prelim.
"I have added as an Appendix to this volume revised English translations of The Preaching and miracles of St. Thomas. ... to reproduce ... the sixty-four line illuatrations in the Augsburg edition of the German version of the book of Barlaam from the rare copy in the Grenville Collection."--preface.
Originally published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1923.
Translated from Ethiopic.
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Baralam and Yewasef : the Ethiopic version of a christianized recension of the Buddhist legend of the Buddha legend and the Bodhisattva. ISBN 0710310609. Published by Kegan Paul in 2004. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
