His best-known works include Greek Buddha: Pyrrho's Encounter with Early Buddhism in Central Asia and Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present.Greek Buddha examines links between very early Buddhism and the philosophy of Pyrrho, an ancient Greek philosopher who accompanied Alexander the Great on his Indian campaign. The book is noted for its challenging and iconoclastic approach to multiple issues in the development of early Buddhism, Pyrrhonism, Daoism, Jainism and the Śramaṇa movement.[4]Empires of the Silk Road is a rethinking of the origins, history, and significance of Central Eurasia.[5]
^Golden, Peter B. (1990). "Reviewed Work: The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia: A History of the Struggle for Great Power among Tibetans, Turks, Arabs and Chinese during the Early Middle Ages by Christopher I. Beckwith". Journal of World History. 1 (2): 264–268. JSTOR 20078473.
^Byington, Mark E. (2006). . Acta Koreana. 9 (1): 141–166. Archived from the original on 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
^Pellard, Thomas (2005). "Koguryo, the Language of Japan's Continental Relatives: An Introduction to the Historical-Comparative Study of the Japanese-Koguryoic Languages with a Preliminary Description of Archaic Northeastern Middle Chinese" (PDF). Korean Studies. University of Hawaii Press. 29: 167–170. doi:10.1353/ks.2006.0008. S2CID 145029765.
^Jones-Bley, Karlene; Huld, Martin E. (2010). "Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present" (PDF). Journal of Indo-European Studies. 38 (3&4): 431–443.
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Publications by and about Christopher I. Beckwith in the catalogue Helveticat of the Swiss National Library
christopher, beckwith, born, october, 1945, american, philologist, distinguished, professor, department, central, eurasian, studies, indiana, university, bloomington, indiana, born, 1945, october, 1945, nationalityamericanoccupation, philologist, linguistacade. Christopher I Beckwith born October 23 1945 is an American philologist and distinguished professor in the Department of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University Bloomington Indiana 1 Christopher I BeckwithBorn 1945 10 23 October 23 1945 age 78 NationalityAmericanOccupation s Philologist linguistAcademic workInstitutionsIndiana University BloomingtonMain interestsCentral Eurasian studiesHe has a Bachelor of Arts in Chinese from Ohio State University 1968 an Master of Arts in Tibetan from Indiana University Bloomington 1974 and a Doctor of Philosophy in Inner Asian Studies from Indiana University 1977 Beckwith a MacArthur Fellow 2 is a researcher in the field of Central Eurasian studies He researches the history and cultures of ancient and medieval Central Asia Concomitantly he specializes in Asian language studies and linguistics and in the history of Central Eurasia He teaches Old Tibetan Central Eurasian languages and Central Eurasian history and researches the linguistics of Aramaic Chinese Japanese Koguryo Old Tibetan Tokharian Old Turkic Uzbek and other languages 3 1 His best known works include Greek Buddha Pyrrho s Encounter with Early Buddhism in Central Asia and Empires of the Silk Road A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present Greek Buddha examines links between very early Buddhism and the philosophy of Pyrrho an ancient Greek philosopher who accompanied Alexander the Great on his Indian campaign The book is noted for its challenging and iconoclastic approach to multiple issues in the development of early Buddhism Pyrrhonism Daoism Jainism and the Sramaṇa movement 4 Empires of the Silk Road is a rethinking of the origins history and significance of Central Eurasia 5 Contents 1 Publications 2 References 3 External links 4 See alsoPublications editThe Tibetan Empire in Central Asia 1987 6 Medieval Tibeto Burman Languages Vols I III editor 2002 2006 2008 7 Koguryo the Language of Japan s Continental Relatives 2004 8 9 Phoronyms Classifiers Class Nouns and the Pseudopartitive Construction 2007 Warriors of the Cloisters The Central Asian Origins of Science in the Medieval World 2012 Empires of the Silk Road A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present 2011 10 11 1 Greek Buddha Pyrrho s Encounter with Early Buddhism in Central Asia 2015 The Scythian Empire Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age from Persia to China 2023 References edit a b Christopher Beckwith Faculty Department of Central Eurasian Studies Indiana edu 2009 08 06 Retrieved 2012 09 19 MacArthur Foundation Christopher Beckwith Philologist 1986 Christopher I Beckwith Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies Beckwith C I Greek Buddha Pyrrho s Encounter with Early Buddhism in Central Asia Princeton and Oxford Princeton University Press 2015 Rothstein E Information Highway Camel Speed but Exotic Links The New York Times November 12 2009 Golden Peter B 1990 Reviewed Work The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia A History of the Struggle for Great Power among Tibetans Turks Arabs and Chinese during the Early Middle Ages by Christopher I Beckwith Journal of World History 1 2 264 268 JSTOR 20078473 Peycam P Brill s Proceedings of the Ninth Seminar of the IATS Medieval Tibeto Burman Languages International Institute for Asian Studies 2002 Byington Mark E 2006 Christopher I Beckwith Koguryo the Language of Japan s Continental Relatives Leiden Brill 2004 Acta Koreana 9 1 141 166 Archived from the original on 2017 11 08 Retrieved 2017 11 07 Pellard Thomas 2005 Koguryo the Language of Japan s Continental Relatives An Introduction to the Historical Comparative Study of the Japanese Koguryoic Languages with a Preliminary Description of Archaic Northeastern Middle Chinese PDF Korean Studies University of Hawaii Press 29 167 170 doi 10 1353 ks 2006 0008 S2CID 145029765 Hitch Doug 2010 Empires of the Silk Road A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present PDF Journal of the American Oriental Society 130 4 654 658 JSTOR 23044587 Archived from the original PDF on 2013 12 26 Retrieved 2015 01 02 Jones Bley Karlene Huld Martin E 2010 Empires of the Silk Road A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present PDF Journal of Indo European Studies 38 3 amp 4 431 443 External links editPublications by and about Christopher I Beckwith in the catalogue Helveticat of the Swiss National Library Literature by and about Christopher I Beckwith in the German National Library catalogue Christopher I Beckwith at Library of CongressSee also editSimilarities between Pyrrhonism and Buddhism Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Christopher I Beckwith amp oldid 1186250874, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
