The survival of the Chinese Jews : the Jewish community of Kaifeng /

Leslie, Donald, 1922-

The survival of the Chinese Jews : the Jewish community of Kaifeng / by Donald Daniel Leslie. - Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 1972. - xiv, 270 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - Tʻoung pao. Monographie ; 10 . - Tʻoung pao. Monographie ; 10. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-237) and index.

pt. I. History. The earliest traces of Jews in China ; The beginning of the Kaifeng community ; The first peak, 1421-1512 ; Interlude : Father Ricci and the Jew Ai T'ien ; The second peak, 1642-1723 ; The decline -- pt. II. Religion. The synagogue ; Ritual and liturgy ; Ethics and theology -- pt. III. Sociology. Assimilation. Contacts and relations with other groups; Language -- pt. IV. Inscriptions and manuscripts. Chinese writings of the Kaifeng Jews ; The Chinese-Hebrew memorial book of the dead ; Hebrew manuscripts -- pt. V. Other sources. Early references to Jews in China ; The Jesuit accounts ; Western reports in the 19th and 20th centuries ; Chinese native sources -- Appendix A : Glossary of Hebrew terms -- Appendix B : Glossary of Chinese terms -- Appendix C : Chronological chart.

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Jews--China--Kaifeng Xian.
Juifs--Chine--K'ai-fong.
Juifs--Histoire.--Chine--Kaifeng (Chine)


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