The Birth of Moses and the Buddha: A Paradigm for the Comparative Study of Religions

by Vanessa R. Sasson

Responding to a recent upsurge of Jewish interest in Buddhism, Sasson undertakes the first serious academic effort to uncover the common ground between the founders of the two religions, Moses and the Buddha. Because this is a study of traditions rather than a historical investigation, Sasson is able to synthesize various kinds of materials, from biblical and non-biblical, adn from early Pali and Sanskrit Buddhist sources. She notes the striking similarities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1905048386
• ISBN13: 9781905048380
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"