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The survival of the Chinese Jews : the Jewish community of Kaifeng / by Donald Daniel Leslie.

By: Series: Tʻoung pao. Monographie ; ; 10.Publication details: Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 1972.Description: xiv, 270 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9004034137
  • 9789004034136
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Survival of the Chinese Jews.DDC classification:
  • 915.1/06/924
LOC classification:
  • DS135.C5 L47
Contents:
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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Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks DS135.C5 L47 1972 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan TBC00000361

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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