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A Tract for the Buryats

A Tract for the Buryats

Bawden, Charles R.
Walravens, Hartmut

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Series: Abhandlungen Fur die Kunde Des Morgenlandes, Book 67

Central Asian History

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ISBN10: 3447059907
ISBN13: 9783447059909
Publisher: Harrassowitz
Published: Dec 1 2009
Pages: 105
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.70
Language: English
F. Babinger, biographer of Isaak Jakob Schmidt (1779-1847), the founder of Mongolian Studies, lists Two Little Christian Tracts among his early publications in Mongolian; no later Mongolist apparently ever saw or described this booklet published in 1818. A probably unique copy came to light in the Library of the German Oriental Society and was transcribed and translated by Charles Bawden who is known for his careful studies of Christian missions among the Mongols. The printed text is given in facsimile. A detailed commentary analyzes the text and traces the inconsistent Christian terminology which was apparently still in an experimental stage. Schmidt's Mongolian assistants, Badma and Nomtu, were probably mainly responsible for the translation. A preface informs about the versatile printer N. Grec while an appendix gives mission reports and a related Mongolian correspondence in contemporary German paraphrase.

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