Gunnar,

In your Paliforum post of 1/27, you mentioned 'the Pali Bible'. After some investigation online, I found reference to a New Testament in Burmese script attributed to Tolfrey and de Thomas and published in Colombo in 1835. Is this the one you were referring to? Whether it is or not, do you have any idea how to obtain a copy? I would appreciate any information.


Thanks,


George Bedell

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----- Original Message ----
From: Gunnar Gällmo <gunnargallmo@...>
To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 8:47:31 PM
Subject: SV: [Pali] Re: Pali phrase book?


















--- Jon Fernquest <bayinnaung@... com> skrev:

> George D Bell wrote: "I remain skeptical that Pali

> is any different

> from Latin, Sanskrit or Classical Chinese in matters

> of (language)

> life or death."

One difference, perhaps not a matter of life or death,

is the fact that Pali literature is much more

specialized, so much that I am not quite sure if Pali

can really be regarded as a complete language. I think

it is difficult to find a Pali text not connected in

one way or another to Theravada Buddhism (even if

only, as in the case of the Pali Bible, to convert

Theravadins to another doctrine).



Latin has been used for all themes imaginable,

religious and secular alike; and I think it is the

same with Sanskrit and Classical Chinese. I think all

three, plus Classical Greek, have been used for

theatre (which Theravada Bhikkhus are not supposed to

deal with); I have never heard about a Pali

playwright.



Gunnar



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