Yr Athro Max Deeg

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2024

• Deeg, M. 2024. The Christian communities in Tang China: Between adaptation and religious self-identity. In: Doney, L. et al. eds. Buddhism in Central Asia III: Impacts of Non-Buddhist Influences, Doctrines., Vol. 14. Dynamics in the History of Religions, Brill, pp. 123-144., (10.1163/9789004687288_006)
• Deeg, M. 2024. Naked heretics: On the representation of Jains in Chinese Buddhist texts. In: Jinhua, C. ed. From Jetavana to Jerusalem: Sacred Biography in Asian Perspectives and Beyond, Essays in Honour of Professor Phyllis Granoff. World Scholastic, pp. 718-754.
• Deeg, M. 2024. In search of a lost version: The problem of the Indian template of "Barlaam and Josaphat" and Its transmission. In: Ducoeur, G. and Tardieu, M. eds. Barlaam and Josaphat in History of Religions: Actes du colloque international (23 - 24 Mai 2023). Strasbourg: Université de Strasbourg, pp. 93-118.

2023

• Deeg, M. 2023. Transcending space: Buddhist travelogues across cultural and other borders. In: Freudenberg, M. et al. eds. Stepping Back and Looking Ahead: Twelve Years of Studying Religious Contact at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg Bochum., Vol. 13. Dynamics in the History of Religions Brill, pp. 62-91., (10.1163/9789004549319_004)
• Deeg, M. 2023. “Once upon a time”—so what? The importance of place in Buddhist narratives. Religions 14(6), article number: 690. (10.3390/rel14060690)
• Deeg, M. 2023. Yijing. In: The Encyclopedia of Ancient History: Asia and Africa. , (10.1002/9781119399919.eahaa00535)
• Deeg, M. 2023. Faxian. In: The Encyclopedia of Ancient History: Asia and Africa. , (10.1002/9781119399919.eahaa00534)
• Deeg, M. 2023. Xuanzang. In: The Encyclopedia of Ancient History: Asia and Africa. Wiley Online Library, (10.1002/9781119399919.eahaa00533)
• Deeg, M. 2023. From trust in the Buddha to the belief in the One God: xin 信 as a Buddhist, Manichaean and Christian concept in early medieval China. In: Meyer, C. and Clart, P. eds. From Trustworthiness to Secular Belief: Changing Concepts of xin 信 from Traditional to Modern Chinese. Brill, pp. 227-245., (10.1163/9789004533004_011)
• Deeg, M. 2023. From trust in the Buddha to the belief in the one God: xin ? as a Buddhist, Manichaean and Christian concept in Early Medieval China. In: Meyer, C. and Clart, P. eds. From Trustworthiness to Secular Belief: Changing Concepts of xin ? from Traditional to Modern Chinese. Brill, pp. 227-245.

2022

• Deeg, M. 2022. The Buddha in the 'Wild West': The localization of Jatakas in Gandhara and the Ramayana. Religions of South Asia 16(2-3), pp. 220-248. (10.1558/rosa.24402)
• Deeg, M. 2022. A Chinese ‘Hitopadeśa’ – or: a ruler’s mirror: The didactic aspects of the "Da Tang Xiyu Ji". In: Chen, J. ed. Transmission of Buddhism in Asia and Beyond. Essays in Memory of Antonino Forte (1940-2006). World Scholastic Publishers, pp. 111-165.
• Deeg, M. 2022. A Chinese 'Hitopadesa' - Or: a ruler's mirror: The didactic aspects of the Da Tang Xiyu ji. In: Chen, J. ed. Transmission of Buddhism in Asia and Beyond - Essays in Memory of Antonino Forte (1940-2006). Hualin Series on Buddhist Studies Vol. 4. Singapore: World Scholastic Publishers, pp. 111-165.
• Deeg, M. 2022. An uncivilized empire – Xuanzang on Persia. In: Mikkelsen, G. B. and Parry, K. eds. Byzantium to China: Religion, History and Culture on the Silk Roads: Studies in the Honour of Samuel N.C. Lieu., Vol. 1. Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity Vol. 25. Leiden, Boston: Brill, pp. 115-131.
• Deeg, M. 2022. An unromantic approach: Dhyānagupta’s (aka Jñānagupta) Fo-benxing-ji-jing. In: Konczak-Nagel, I., Hiyama, S. and Klein, A. eds. Connecting the Art, Literature, and Religion of South and Central Asia – Studies in Honour of Monika Zin., Vol. 1. Delhi: Dev Publishers & Contributors, pp. 61-71.
• Deeg, M. 2022. Between normativity and material emptiness: Indian Buddhist monasteries and the Chinese Buddhist travelogues. In: Singh, A., Shimada, A. and Morrissey, N. eds. On the Regional Development of Early Medieval Buddhist Monasteries in South Asia., Vol. 1. RINDAS Series of Working Papers Vol. 34. Kyoto: The Center for South Asian Studies, Ryukoku University, pp. 89-129.

2021

• Deeg, M. 2021. Messiah rediscovered: some philological notes on the so-called ‘Jesus the Messiah Sutra’. In: Lieu, S. N. and Thompson, G. L. eds. The Church of the East in Central Asia and China., Vol. 1. China and the Mediterranean World Vol. 1. Turnhout: Brepols Publisher, pp. 111-119.
• Deeg, M. 2021. Indian regional nāga cults and individual nāga stories in Chinese Buddhist travelogues. Acta Asiatica Varsoviensia 34, pp. 51-78.

2020

• Deeg, M. 2020. Describing the own other: Chinese Buddhist travelogues between literary tropes and educational narratives. In: Bisshop, P. and Cecil, E. A. eds. Primary Sources and Asian Pasts., Vol. 1. Beyond Boundaries Vol. 8. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, pp. 129-151.
• Deeg, M. 2020. The brilliant teaching: Iranian Christians in Tang China and their identity. Entangled Religions 11(6), pp. 1-13. (10.46586/er.11.2020.8674)
• Deeg, M. 2020. Looking from the periphery: some additional thoughts on Yulin Cave 3. In: Meinert, C. and Sorensen, H. eds. Buddhism in Central Asia I., Vol. 11. Dynamics in the History of Religions Brill, pp. 230-243., (10.1163/9789004417731_011)

2019

• Deeg, M., Freiberger, O. and Kleine, C. eds. 2019. Religionsbegegnung in der asiatischen Religionsgeschichte: Kritische Reflexionen über ein etabliertes Konzept. Critical Studies in Religion / Religionswissenschaft Vol. 12. Goettingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
• Deeg, M. 2019. Tīrthikāḥ hantavyāḥ – Zu “häresiologischen” Diskursen in buddhistischen Quellen. In: Deeg, M., Freiberger, O. and Kleine, C. eds. Religionsbegegnung in der asiatischen Religionsgeschichte: Kritische Reflexionen über ein etabliertes Konzept., Vol. 1. Critical Studies in Religion / Religionswissenschaft Vol. 12. Goettingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pp. 103-127.
• Deeg, M. 2019. Indian law from a seventh century Chinese Buddhist perspective. Bulletin de l'Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient 105, pp. 145-178.
• Deeg, M. 2019. Beyond World Heritage: Lumbini - the creation of a more meaningful site?. In: Ray, H. P. ed. Decolonising Heritage in South Asia: The Global, the National and the Transnational. Abingdon and New York: Routledge, pp. 178-194.
• Deeg, M. 2019. Many biographies - multiple individualities: the identities of the Chinese Buddhist monk Xuanzang. In: Fuchs, M. et al. eds. Religious Individualisation: Historical Dimensions and Comparative Perspectives. De Gruyter, pp. 913-937., (10.1515/9783110580853)

2018

• Deeg, M. 2018. Along the Silk Road: From Aleppo to Chang'an. In: Baker-Brian, N. J. and Lossl, J. eds. A Companion to Religion in Late Antiquity. Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 233-253.
• Deeg, M. 2018. The historical turn: How Chinese Buddhist travelogues changed Western perception of Buddhism. Hualin Journal of International Buddhist Studies 1(1), pp. 43-75. (10.15239/hijbs.01.01.02)
• Deeg, M. 2018. Wailing for identity: topical and poetic expressions of cultural belonging in Chinese Buddhist literature. In: Heirman, A. ed. Identity and Network: Exchange Relations between China and the World. Brill, pp. 227-252.
• Deeg, M. 2018. The spread of Buddhist culture to China between the Third and Seventh Century. In: Di Cosmo, N. and Maas, M. eds. Empires and Exchanges in Eurasian Late Antiquity: Rome, China, Iran, and the Steppe, ca. 250-750. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 220-234.
• Deeg, M. 2018. Setting the "records" straight: Textual sources on Nland and their historical value. In: Sharma, A. ed. Record, Recoveries, Remnants and Inter-Asian Interconnections: Decording Cultural Heritage. ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, pp. 105-159.
• Deeg, M. 2018. Die Illusion von Kontinuität - Buddhistische Regeln (Vinaya) als Übungswissen zwischen Normativität und Wandel. In: Stellmacher, A. and Renger, A. eds. Übungswissen in Religion und Philosophie: Produktion, Weitergabe, Wandel. LIT Verlag, pp. 207-224.
• Deeg, M. 2018. Die Strahlende Lehre: Die Stele von Xi'an. orientalia - patristica - oecumenica Vol. 12. Wien: Lit Verlag.
• Deeg, M. 2018. "Tis all here. A treasure locked". Unlocking the wonder house of the Chinese Buddhist travelogues. In: Prabha Ray, H. ed. Buddhism and Gandhara: An Archaeology of Museum Collections. Archaeology and Religion in South Asia London and New York: Routledge, pp. 47-69.

2017

• Deeg, M. 2017. Aśoka’s Dharma: An imaginary and historical model of good governance. In: Deegalle, M. ed. Justice and Statecraft., Vol. 1. Kelaniya, Sri Lanka: Nagananda International Buddhist University

2016

• Deeg, M. 2016. The Order of the dharma and the order of rulership: On the relationship between monastic community and worldy power in the history of Buddhism. Fruehmittelalteriche Studien - Jahrbuch des Instituts fuer Fruehmittelalterforschug der Universitaet Muenster 50(1), pp. 297-314. (10.1515/fmst-2016-0112)
• Deeg, M. 2016. Miscellanae Nepalicae: early Chinese reports on Nepal - The foundation legend of Nepal in its trans-Himalayan context. Lumbini: Lumbini International Research Institute.
• Deeg, M. and Ning 宁, F. ?. 2016. “Chongu ‘biandi qingjie’: Han chuan fojiao zhong dui Yindu de zhujian rongshou” 重估“边地情结”：汉传佛教中对印度的逐渐容受 (“Borderland Complex” reloaded: coming to terms with India in Chinese Buddhism). In: Shen 沈, D. ?. and Sun 孙, Y. ?. eds. Zhongyin guanxi yanjiu de shiye yu qianjing 中印关系研究的视野与前景., Vol. 1. Shanghai: Fudan-daxua-chubanshe 负担大学出版社, pp. 65-76.
• Deeg, M. 2016. The political position of Xuanzang: the didactic creation of an Indian dynasty in the Xiyu ji. In: Juelch, T. ed. The Middle Kingdom and the Dharma Wheel: Aspects of the Relationship between the Buddhist Saṃgha and the State in Chinese History., Vol. 1. Sinica Leidensia Vol. 133. Leiden, Boston: Brill, pp. 94-139.
• Deeg, M. 2016. An anachronism in the stele of Xi’an – why Henanisho?. In: Tang, L. and Winkler, D. W. eds. Winds of Jingjiao: Studies on Syriac Christianity in China and Central Asia., Vol. 1. orientalia - patristica - oecumenica Vol. 9. Wien, Zuerich: LIT, pp. 243-251.

2015

• Deeg, M. 2015. Conversion and environment in East Asia - the case of Buddhism. In: Papconstantinou, A. and Schwartz, D. eds. Conversion in Late Antiquity: Christianity, Islam, and Beyond. Papers from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar, University of Oxford, 2009-2010. Routledge, pp. 267-279.
• Deeg, M. 2015. Writing times and spaces together - experiments to create an early Sino-Buddhist historiography. In: Deeg, M. and Scheid, B. eds. Religions in China. Major Concepts and Minority Positions. Sitzungsberichte Der Philosophisch-Historischen Klasse Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, pp. 29-49.
• Deeg, M. 2015. A Note on the place name “City of Royal Residence” (Wangshe-zhi-cheng 王舍之城) in the Xi’an Stele. In: Zhang 张, X. ?. and Li 李, Q. ?. eds. Lin Wushu xiansheng yu zhonggu sanyijiao yanjiu 林悟殊先生与中古三夷教研究., Vol. 1. Lanzhou: Lazhou-daxue-chubanshe 兰州大学出版社, pp. 338-358.
• Deeg, M. 2015. La littérature chrétienne orientale sous les Tang: un bref aperçu. In: Borbone, P. and Marsone, P. eds. Le christianisme syriaque en Asie centrale et en Chine., Vol. 1. Etudes syriaques Vol. 12. Paris: Geuthner, pp. 199-214.
• Deeg, M. and Scheid, B. eds. 2015. Religion in China: major concepts and minority positions. Beitraege zur Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens Vol. 85. Wien: Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
• Deeg, M. 2015. A note on the place name 'City of Royal Residence'? (Wangshe-zhi-cheng) in the Xi'an Stele. In: Zhang, X. and Li, Q. eds. Lin Wushu xiansheng yu zhonggu sanyijiao yanjiu. Lanzhou-daxue-chubanshe, pp. 338-358.

2014

• Deeg, M. and Cueppers, C. eds. 2014. Dharmayātra – Buddhist pilgrimage in time and space. Lumbini: Lumbini International Research Institute.
• Deeg, M. 2014. Chinese Buddhists in search of authenticity in the Dharma. The Eastern Buddhist (New Series) 45(1&2), pp. 11-22., article number: 1.
• Deeg, M. 2014. Buddhist pilgrimage - an introduction. In: Deeg, M. and Cueppers, C. eds. Dharmay Ytra - Buddhist Pilgrimage in Time and Space. Lumbin International Research Institute, pp. 1-28.
• Deeg, M. 2014. When Peregrinus is not pilgrim: The Chinese Pilgrims records - a revision of literary genre and its context. In: Deeg, M. and Cueppers, C. eds. Dharmay Ytra: Buddhist Pilgrimage in Time and Space. Lumbin International Research Institute, pp. 65-95.

2013

• Deeg, M. 2013. Religiöse Identität durch Differenz und Abgrenzungsdiskurs als indirekte Anerkennung von Gemeinsamkeit: chinesisch-buddhistische Apologetik und ihr 'Religions' begriff. In: Schalk, P. and Deeg, M. eds. Religion in Asien? Studien zur Anwendbarkeit des Religionsbegriffes. Uppsala Universitet, pp. 203-224.

2012

• Deeg, M. 2012. Sthavira, Thera and 'Sthaviravada' in Chinese Buddhist Sources. In: Skilling, P., Carbine, J. A. and Cicu, C. eds. How Theravada is Theravada: Exploring Buddhist Identities. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Silkworm Books, pp. 129-162.
• Deeg, M. 2012. Aśoka: model ruler without name? Literature of Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. Presented at: International Conference on Aśoka and the Making of Modern India, New Delhi, India, 5-7 August 2009 Presented at Olivelle, P., Leoshko, J. and Ray, H. P. eds.Reimagining Aśoka: Memory and History. New Delhi: Oxford University Press pp. 362-379.
• Deeg, M. 2012. "Show me the land where the Buddha dwelled.." - Xuanzang's "Record of the Western Regions" (Xiyu ji): a misunderstood text. China Report 48(1-2), pp. 89-113. (10.1177/000944551104800205)
• Deeg, M. 2012. From scholarly object to religious text - the story of the Lotus-sutra in the West. The Journal of Oriental Studies 22, pp. 133-153.

2011

• Deeg, M. 2011. 41. Der Einsatz der Stimmen: Formation und Erschaffung des chinesischen buddhistischen Kanons: vom doppelten Kriterium der Authentizität. In: Deeg, M., Freiberger, O. and Kleine, C. eds. Kanonisierung und Kanonbildiung in der asiatischen Religionsgeschichte. Sitzungsberichte Der Philosophisch-Historischen Klasse Vol. 820. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, pp. 321-343.
• Deeg, M. 2011. 40. Von Sammlern und Schreibern. Kodifizierung und Kanonisierung in den asiatischen religiösen Traditionen. In: Luminati, M. et al. eds. Kanon und Kanonisierung: ein Schlüsselbegriff der Kulturwissenschaften im interdisziplinären Dialog. Text und Normativität Vol. 2. Basel: Schwabe Verlag, pp. 161-181.
• Deeg, M. 2011. Secular Buddhist lineages: The Śākyas and royal descendencies in local Buddhist legitimation strategies. Religions of South Asia 5(1-2), pp. 189-207. (10.1558/rosa.v5i1/2.189)
• Hegarty, J. 2011. Kirthan and Katha in the asa amdesa (song and story in the land of hope and fear): Narratives of the life of Guru Nanak as canonical commentary in the Sikh panth. In: Deeg, M. and Freiberger, O. eds. Kanonisierung und Kanonbildung in der asiatischen Religionsgeschichte. Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, pp. 131-160.

2010

• Deeg, M. 2010. Why is the Buddha riding on an elephant? The Bodhisattva's conception and the change of motive. Presented at: "The Birth of the Buddha" Seminar, Lumbini, Nepal, October 2004 Presented at Deeg, M., Cüppers, C. and Durt, H. eds.The Birth of the Buddha: Proceedings of the Seminar Held in Lumbini, Nepal, October 2004, Vol. 1. LIRI Seminar Proceedings Series Vol. 3. Lumbini: Lumbini International Research Institute pp. 93-127.

2009

• Deeg, M. 2009. From the iron-wheel to Bodhisattvahood: Asoka in Buddhist culture and memory. Presented at: International Symposium on Aśoka, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA, 4 February 2006 Presented at Olivelle, P. ed.Asoka: In History and Historical Memory, Vol. 1. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers pp. 109-144.
• Deeg, M. ed. 2009. Das Lotos-Sūtra. 2nd ed.. [Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra].Deeg, M. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.

2008

• Deeg, M. 2008. Introduction. Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 31(1-2), pp. 79-82.
• Deeg, M. 2008. Creating religious terminology - A comparative approach to the Early Chinese translations. Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 31(1-2), pp. 83-118.

2007

• Deeg, M. 2007. Das Lotos-Sūtra. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.
• Deeg, M. 2007. The rhetoric of antiquity: politico-religious propaganda in the Nestorian stele of Chang'an. Journal for Late Antique Religion and Culture 1, pp. 17-30. (10.18573/j.2007.10291)
• Deeg, M. and Schmidt-Glintzer, H. 2007. Das Lotos-Sutra. Ãœbersetzt von Max Deeg. Mit einer Einleitung von Max Deeg und Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer. Darmstadt: WBG (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft).

2006

• Deeg, M. 2006. Aryan national religion(s) and the criticism of asceticism and quietism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In: Oliver, F. ed. Asceticism and its Critics: Historical Accounts and Comparative Perspectives. Oxford University Press, pp. 61-87.

2005

• Deeg, M. 2005. Das Gaoseng-Faxian-Zhuan als religionsgeschichtliche Quelle. Der älteste Bericht eines chinesischen buddhistischen Pilgermönchs über seine Reise nach Indien mit Übersetzung des Textes. Studies in Oriental Religions Vol. 52. Harrassowitz Verlag.

2003

• Deeg, M. 2003. The places where Siddhartha trod: Lumbini and Kapilavastu. Lumbini International Research Institute, Occasional Papers Vol. 3. Lumbini: Lumbini International Research Institute.