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Joasaph

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Joasaph (Greek: Ιωάσαφ; Bulgarian: Йоа́саф ; Russian: Иоаса́ф, romanizedIoasaf) is a masculine given name. Joasaph is another name for Josaphat, the legendary martyred prince in the story of Barlaam and Josaphat; according to E. A. Wallis Budge, this name Joasaph ultimately originated as a mistranslation of Bodhisattva. The Ethiopic form of the name is Yewasef.[1] People with this name include:

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  1. ^ Budge, E. A. Wallis. Baralam and Yewasef: the Ethiopic version of a Christianized recension of the Buddhist legend of the Buddha and the Bodhisattva. London; New York: Kegan Paul. p. 39.