ISBN:
9781498550277
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (291 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.892405118
Keywords:
Kaifeng Xian (China)--Ethnic relations
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Kaifeng Xian (China) ; Ethnic relations
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Abstract:
This collection examines the origins, history, and contemporary nature of Chinese Judaism in the community of Kaifeng. Among other topics, the contributors analyze the community's unique synthesis between Jewish and Chinese thought, the tenuous nature of its Jewish identity, and the impact of Western Jewish contact.
Abstract:
Cover -- The Chinese Jews of Kaifeng -- The Chinese Jews of Kaifeng -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Kaifeng Community: The Past -- The Kaifeng Community: The Present -- Notes -- Part I -- Past -- Chapter 1 -- Râdhânites, Chinese Jews, and the Silk Road of the Steppes -- Introduction -- The Râdhânites in Arabic Sources -- The Silk Road of the Stepes -- Khazaria and Its Trade Routes -- Origins and Persistence of the Râdhânites -- The Origin of the Chinese Jews -- Visible and Invisible Trade -- Notes -- Chapter 2 -- Eight Centuries in the Chinese Diaspora -- Note -- Chapter 3 -- Kaifeng Jews Revisited -- History -- Jewish Identity and Kinship Organization -- Jewish Identity and Sectarian Identity -- Adam, Abraham, and Pan Gu -- Heaven, God, the Way -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Chapter 4 -- The Confucianization of the Chinese Jews -- Notes -- Chapter 5 -- The Old Testament and Biblical Figures in Chinese Sources -- Introduction -- The Song Dynasty -- The Ming Dynasty (1369-1644) -- Conclusion -- Appendix The Holy Land14 -- The Holy Language -- The Holy Book16 -- The Holy Name17 -- Notes -- Chapter 6 -- The Issue of the Jewishness of the Chinese Jewish Magistrates -- Prolegomena -- The Conundrum -- The Solution -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 7 -- Zhao Yingcheng from Fact to Fiction -- Introduction -- Background -- #Climate Change #Elite Corruption -- #Border Control #Xenophobia #Populist Revolt -- #Kung Fu #Terror #Genocide -- #Hairstyles #Exams #Wonder-Women -- #Law-and-Order #Education #Grief -- #Redemption -- Notes -- Part II -- Present -- Chapter 8 -- A History of Early Jewish Interactions with the Kaifeng Jews -- Early Leters -- Isaac Leser and -- The Shanghai-Based Society for the Rescue of the Chinese Jews -- The Revival of the Society and Beyond -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 9.
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