Barlam and Iosaphat: A Middle English Life of Buddha, edited from MS Peterhouse 257 (Early English Text Society/Original Series)

By John C. Hirsh

Barlam and Iosaphat is a 15th-century Middle English prose version of the popular Latin vita of Barlaam et Josaphat, a Christianized account of an idolatrous Latin king who was led to the faith by his mentor, Barlam. In addition to the traditional accounts associated with Buddha's life--the prediction at birth, the four encounters, the temptation by women, the great renunciation--this Middle English text includes the ten apologues generally associated with the Western versions.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197222927
• ISBN13: 9780197222928
• Release Date: August 1986
• Publisher: Early English Text Society
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.0" x 5.6"