ISBN:
0203895584
,
0415457157
,
9780203895580
,
9780415457156
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxxi, 291 p)
,
maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge Jewish studies series
Parallel Title:
Print version The Jewish-Chinese Nexus : A Meeting of Civilizations
DDC:
305.892/4051
Keywords:
Jews History
;
China Ethnic relations
Abstract:
This book is concerned with the areas where Jews and Chinese, Judaism and Chinese religions and ideologies are converging or inter relate to each other. It includes chapters on Confuciansim, the Kaifeng Jewish Descendants, business and Chinese/Israeli relations
Description / Table of Contents:
BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; CHRONOLOGY OF THE JEWISH - CHINESE NEXUS; FOREWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION TO THE JEWISH - CHINESE NEXUS; Part I: CONTEMPORARY JEWS IN CHINA; 1 OVERVIEW OF THE JEWISH PRESENCE IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA; 2 CHINA'S REALITIES FROM THE VIEWPOINTS OF ''FOREIGN EXPERTS''; 3 CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENT OF JEWISH LIFE IN ASIA: A personal memoir; Part II: COMPARATIVE CULTURE AND THOUGHT; 4 CROSSING BOUNDARIES BETWEEN CONFUCIANISM AND JUDAISM; 5 CONFUCIANISM AND JUDAISM: A dialogue in spite of differences
Description / Table of Contents:
6 JUDAISM AND ITS REFERENTIAL VALUE TO THE CULTURAL RECONSTRUCTION OF MODERN CHINA7 RETHINKING THE NANJING MASSACRE AND ITS CONNECTION WITH THE HOLOCAUST; Part III: CHINESE PERCEPTIONS OF JEWS; 8 A CHINESE PERSPECTIVE OF JUDAISM AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE; 9 ISRAEL AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN CHINESE CYBERSPACE SINCE 2002; 10 THE INFLUENCE OF JEWISH LITERATURE IN CHINA; Part IV: JEWISH STUDIES AND LITERATURE; 11 AUSTRALIAN JEWRY, ITS RELATIONS WITH CHINA AND THE FIRST STEPS IN JEWISH STUDIES; 12 THE DEVELOPING ROLE OF THE HEBREW BIBLE IN MODERN CHINA; 13 MODERN HEBREW LITERATURE IN CHINA
Description / Table of Contents:
Part V: KAIFENG JEWISH DESCENDENTS14 THE CONTEMPORARY CONDITION OF THE JEWISH DESCENDANTS OF KAIFENG; 15 CHINESE GOVERNMENT POLICY TOWARDS THE DESCENDANTS OF THE JEWS OF KAIFENG; 16 THE JUDAISM OF THE KAIFENG JEWS AND LIBERAL JUDAISM IN AMERICA; Part VI: PHENOMENA OF THE JEWISH-CHINESE NEXUS; 17 THE ADOPTION OF CHINESE CHILDREN BY JEWISH FAMILIES AND THE EFFECT ON NORTH AMERICAN JEWISH IDENTITY; Part VII: CHINA-ISRAEL RELATIONS; 18 SINO-ISRAEL RELATIONS AT THE START OF THE SECOND DECADE: A view from Shanghai and Jerusalem
Description / Table of Contents:
19 ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL RELATIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND ISRAEL SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS IN 199220 CHINA'S POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO MIDDLE EAST COOPERATION; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-283) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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