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.
| Published in: | Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters Publishers
2017
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| In: |
Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies
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| Summary: | 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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| ISSN: | 2507-0347 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International Association of Buddhist Studies, Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/JIABS.40.0.3269003 |