The prince and the Sufi : : the Judeo-Persian rendition of the Buddha biographies / / by Dalia Yasharpour.
"The Prince and the Sufi is the literary composition of the seventeenth-century Judeo-Persian poet Elisha ben Shmūel. In The Prince and the Sufi: The Judeo-Persian Rendition of the Buddha Biographies, Dalia Yasharpour provides a thorough analysis of this popular work to show how the Buddha...
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2021] 2021 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (321 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The poet, his works & literary analysis of the JP composition
- 1. The JP poet in the context of history
- 2. Compositions
- 3. The Buddha biographies and their transmission
- 4. The Hebrew rendition and Its connection to the JP composition
- 5. Other literary precedents
- 6. Genre
- 7. Major themes and motifs
- 8. Structure
- 9. Language
- 10. Manuscripts.