Buddha and Christ, Nativity Stories and Indian Traditions.

Buddha and Christ, Nativity Stories and Indian Traditions.

The infancy narratives of the gospels of Matthew and Luke appear as a magnificent mosaic of allusions not only to the Hebrew Bible but also to Buddhist and Hindu religious traditions. Professor Thundy argues that many details of the infancy gospels as well as the rest of the gospels can be clarified...

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Main Author: Thundy

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden, Boston: Brill, 1992.

Series: Numen Book Series 60.
Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.

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Buddhist literature > Relation to the New Testament.
Buddhist literature > History and criticism.

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Call Number: BT315.2 .T486 1993

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