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.

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主要作者: Drewes, David (Author)
格式: 电子 文件
语言:English
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出版: Peeters Publishers 2017
In: Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies
Year: 2017, 卷: 40, Pages: 1-25
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总结: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
Contains:Enthalten in: International Association of Buddhist Studies, Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2143/JIABS.40.0.3269003