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Coffee with a Codex: Purported Buddhist Text in Hebrew
For Coffee With A Codex on July 16, curator Dot Porter was joined by Judaica Special Collections Cataloging Librarian Louis Meiselman, who showed us a manuscript copy of the Hebrew printed edition of "Economy of human life", claimed to be derived from Tibetan Buddhist philosophy. Written between 1821 and 1822.
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Hosted by: SIMS and Kislak Center
An informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll feature a different manuscript and the expertise of one of our curators. Everyone is welcome to attend.
On July 16, curator Dot Porter was joined by Judaica Special Collections Cataloging Librarian Louis Meiselman, who showed us Ms. Codex 2073, a manuscript copy of the Hebrew printed edition of "Economy of human life", adapted from the work attributed to Robert Dodsley (1703-1764), who claimed to have derived it from Tibetan Buddhist philosophy (from conversations with the Tibetans and from a manuscript in a Tibetan monastery) on the commission of the Chinese emperor. Written between 1821 and 1822. Note that recording started a couple of minutes into the event, so the first few minutes are cut off. (Not yet digitized; CWAC Recording)