Buddha and Christ: Nativity Stories and Indian Traditions

by Zacharias P. Thundy

The 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.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004097414
• ISBN13: 9789004097414
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"