Chinese Jews of Kaifeng (eBook)

A Millennium of Adaptation and Endurance

Anson H. Laytner, Jordan Paper (Herausgeber)

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2017
302 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-5027-7 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

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This scholarly collection examines the origins, history, and contemporary nature of Chinese Judaism in the community of Kaifeng. These essays, written by a diverse, international team of contributors, explore the culture and history of this thousand-year-old Jewish community, whose synthesis of Chinese and Jewish cultures helped guarantee its survival. Part I of this study analyzes the origin and historical development of the Kaifeng community, as well as the unique cultural synthesis it engendered. Part II explores the contemporary nature of this Chinese Jewish community, particularly examining the community's relationship to Jewish organizations outside of China, the impact of Western Jewish contact, and the tenuous nature of Jewish identity in Kaifeng.

Autor

Anson H. Laytner is former president of the Sino-Judaic Institute and the author of Arguing with God: A Jewish Tradition.Jordan Paper is professor emeritus of East Asian and religious studies at York University and author of The Theology of the Chinese Jews, 1000–1850.

Inhalt

Introduction, Jordan Paper and Anson LaytnerPart I: PastChapter 1: Radhanites, Chinese Jews, and the Silk Road of the Steppes, Nigel ThomasChapter 2: Eight Centuries in the Chinese Diaspora: The Jews of Kaifeng, Erik ZürcherChapter 3: Kaifeng Jews: Sinification and the Persistence of Identity and History, Irene EberChapter 4: The Confucianization of the Chinese Jews: Interpretations of the Kaifeng Stelae Inscriptions, Andrew H. PlaksChapter 5: The Old Testament and Biblical Figures in Chinese Sources, Donald Daniel LeslieChapter 6: The Issue of the Jewishness of Chinese Jewish Magistrates, Jordan PaperChapter 7: Zhao Yingcheng from Fact to Fiction: The Story of “The Great Advisor,” Moshe Yehuda BernsteinPart II: PresentChapter 8: A History of Early Jewish Interactions with the Kaifeng Jews, Alex BenderChapter 9: Delving into the Israelite Religion of Kaifeng: The Patriotic Scholar Shi Jingxun and his Study of the Origins of the Plucking the Sinews Sect of Henan, Xianyi KongChapter 10: Identity Discourse and the Chinese Jewish Descendants, Mathew EcksteinChapter 11: Messianic Zionism, Settler Colonialism, and the Lost Jews of Kaifeng, Mohammed Turki al-SudairiChapter 12: Between Survival and Revival: The Impact of Contemporary Western Jewish Contact on Kaifeng Jewish Identity, Anson Laytner

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.7.2017
• Co-Autor: Alex Bender, Nigel Thomas, Erik Zurcher, Mohammed Turki al-Sudairi, Moshe Yehuda Bernstein, Irene Eber, Mathew A. Eckstein, Xianyi Kong, Anson H. Laytner, Donald Daniel Leslie, Jordan Paper, Andrew H. Plaks
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Asian Studies • Chinese Jews • Global Judaism • Jews of China • Kaifeng Jews • Maritime Silk Road • Silk Road • Sino-Judaic Institute • Yicileye • Youtai
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-5027-4 / 1498550274
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-5027-7 / 9781498550277