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020			_a9789004378827 _q(electronic book)
020			_z9789004097414 _q(print)
024	7		_a10.1163/9789004378827 _2DOI
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050		4	_aBT315.2 _b.T486 1993
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100	1		_aThundy
245	0	0	_aBuddha and Christ, _bNativity Stories and Indian Traditions.
264	3	1	_aLeiden, _aBoston: _bBrill, _c1992.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
505	0	0	_tPreliminary Material / _rZacharias P. Thundy -- _tProlegomenon / _rZacharias P. Thundy -- _tMethod / _rZacharias P. Thundy -- _tHistorical and Literary Chronology / _rZacharias P. Thundy -- _tBuddhist and Christian Infancy Parallels / _rZacharias P. Thundy -- _tInfancy Gospels and Other Sources / _rZacharias P. Thundy -- _tIndian Subtext: Text and Context / _rZacharias P. Thundy -- _tGnosticism, The New Testament, and India / _rZacharias P. Thundy -- _tIndia and the West in Antiquity / _rZacharias P. Thundy -- _tEpilegomenon Pre-text and Pretext / _rZacharias P. Thundy -- _tAbbreviations / _rZacharias P. Thundy -- _tBibliography / _rZacharias P. Thundy -- _tIndex / _rZacharias P. Thundy -- _tStudies in the History of Religions Numen Bookseries / _rZacharias P. Thundy.
520			_aThe 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 by the Buddhist and Hindu scriptures. In this sense, the gospels are Eastern religious texts. Buddha and Christ covers the following topics in order: methodology of study, priority of Indian texts vis-à-vis Christian gospels, parallels of the birth narratives of Buddha and Jesus, uniqueness of Indian parallels, the Gnostic context of the Christian gospels, and contacts between India and the West in antiquity. Multicultural studies such as this encourage ecumenism and mutual understanding in East-West dialogues as well as reinforcing the view that the gospels should be taken seriously as Eastern religious texts.
650		0	_aBuddhist literature _xRelation to the New Testament.
650		0	_aBuddhist literature _xHistory and criticism.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tBuddha and Christ: Nativity Stories and Indian Traditions _dLeiden, Boston : BRILL, 1992, _z9789004097414
830		0	_aNumen Book Series _v60.
830		0	_aNumen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004378827
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