David Marshall Lang

Gebundenes Buch

The Balavariani

Barlaam and Josaphat: A Tale from the Christian East

Beschreibung

Originally published in 1966, the full Georgian text of the oldest version of this Christian version of this matchless classic of Oriental wisdom literature is made accessible to a wider readership in an English translation.

Autor

David Marshall Lang was appointed Acting British Vice-Consul in Tabriz in 1945. In 1946 he became a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge and lecturing in Georgian at SOAS London from 1949-52. From 1952-1953 he was senior fellow at the Russian Institute of Columbia University in New York. In 1958 he was appointed Reader in Caucasian Studies at SOAS. Visiting Professor of Caucasian Studies at UCLA from 1964-5, in 1965 he became Professor of Caucasian Studies at London University. He was Honorary Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society from 1962-64 and held an Honorary Doctorate from Tbilisi University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 380g
• ISBN-13: 9781032168616
• ISBN-10: 1032168617
• Artikelnr.: 69946818