The Idea of the Historical Buddha
This paper discusses and reevaluates the idea of the historical Buddha. Focusing on a survey of nineteenth and twentieth-century scholarship, it argues that the Buddha’s historicity was never actually established and that he cannot properly be regarded as a historical figure.
| Autor principal: | |
|---|---|
| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
| Verificar disponibilidade: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Carregar...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publicado em: |
Peeters Publishers
2017
|
| Em: |
Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies
Ano: 2017, Volume: 40, Páginas: 1-25 |
| Acesso em linha: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Resumo: | This paper discusses and reevaluates the idea of the historical Buddha. Focusing on a survey of nineteenth and twentieth-century scholarship, it argues that the Buddha’s historicity was never actually established and that he cannot properly be regarded as a historical figure. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 2507-0347 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: International Association of Buddhist Studies, Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/JIABS.40.0.3269003 |