The Project Gutenberg EBook of Barlaam and Ioasaph, by St. John of Damascus This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Barlaam and Ioasaph Author: St. John of Damascus Posting Date: August 16, 2008 [EBook #749] Release Date: December, 1996 Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BARLAAM AND IOASAPH *** Produced by Douglas B. Killings. HTML version by Al Haines. Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John Damascene (?) ("St. John of Damascus") c. 676-749 A.D. It is not known where or when this story was written, but it is believed to have been translated into Greek (possibly from a Georgian original) sometime in the 11th Century A.D. Although the ultimate author is usually referred to as "John the Monk", it has been traditionally ascribed to St. John of Damascus. The text of this edition is based on that published as ST. JOHN DAMASCENE: BARLAAM AND IOASAPH (Trans: G.R. Woodward and H. Mattingly; Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA, 1914). This text is in the PUBLIC DOMAIN in he United States. This electronic edition was edited, proofed, and prepared by Douglas B. Killings (