Re: Textual criticism of Pali writings
From: Chris Clark
Message: 3237
Date: 2011-04-23
Dear Bryan,
Peter Skilling’s article in volume one of the Thai International Journal for Buddhist Studies is also relevant, as is Norman’s “Pāli Philology and the Study of Buddhism” (Collected Papers 4, pp. 80-91). The latter article compares textual criticism in Pāli studies with textual criticism in Biblical studies.
Regards,
Chris
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Dear Eugen,
Thanks very much for your response and helpful suggestions. Of course I am very familiar with Norman and von Hinueber's work. Von Hinueber was in Toronto this past weekend at a Conference on Buddhist Nuns sponsored by the Numata and I discussed some of the problems with him.
The articles you recommended in the Thai Journal look right on topic. I was not able to locate the journal articles on the net. Do you know if they're available?
Do you know where Norman makes the plea for re-editing the PTS? I have his complete works here. Also any other references you can give for the works of Silk or Burnouf on textual criticism would be appreciated. As someone whose primary work is with Buddhist texts (my area of research is the earliest recoverable language of Buddhism and the process of its transmission) I have long accepted the state of our texts as a "given", but it is becoming more and more apparent to me, that we can not just leave it at that,
Warm regards, Bryan