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Luz, Ulrich.

Encountering Jesus & Buddha : their lives and teachings / Encountering Jesus and Buddha Ulrich Luz and Axel Michaels ; translated by Linda M. Maloney. - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2006. - xv, 231 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Translated from German. "Originally published as Jesus oder Buddha : Leben und Lehre im Vergleich, Becksche Reihe (Munich : Beck, 2002)"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-219) and index.

One and many Buddhas / Axel Michaels -- Jesus : his life and his world / Ulrich Luz -- Jesus' preaching of the reign of God / Ulrich Luz -- Self, nonself, and Nirvāṇa / Axel Michaels -- Jesus' ethics / Ulrich Luz -- Ethics in early Buddhism / Axel Michaels -- Suffering in early Buddhism / Axel Michaels -- Jesus' passion and the Christian idea of suffering / Ulrich Luz -- Jesus and christology / Ulrich Luz -- The Buddha and meditation / Axel Michaels -- Monks and laity in early Buddhism / Axel Michaels -- Jesus and the church / Ulrich Luz.


Translated from the German.

ISBN: 0800635639 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780800635633 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0800635647 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780800635640 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2006016211

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA662698 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013512140 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Jesus Christ--Teachings.
Gautama Buddha--Teachings.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Christianity and other religions--Buddhism.
Buddhism--Relations--Christianity.

LC Class. No.: BS2415 / .L8813 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 261.2/43