Buddhism's Relation to Christianity: A Review by D.M. Murdock by Michael Lockwood & Acharya S & D.M. Murdock

Author:Michael Lockwood & Acharya S & D.M. Murdock [Lockwood, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Stellar House Publishing
Published: 2020-07-22T16:00:00+00:00

The term Theraputta as meaning “son of the elder” makes sense also in consideration of the Therapeutan hierarchy as described by Philo, who discusses younger acolytes serving their elders. The most logical conclusion here is that Buddhist monks did indeed travel to Egypt, as stated in Ashoka’s inscriptions, to establish monastic communities, the “descendants” of one of which were the Therapeutai, who were largely Hebraic and Judaic in ethnicity by the time of Philo. In this scenario, their allegorical works as described by Philo and later identified by Eusebius as the early forms of the gospels were Jewish-Buddhist texts. Interestingly, we find this Therapeutan network not confined to Alexandria but also named as such in other locales, such as on the Greek island of Delos, where thrived a synagogue as well. 7

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