TY - BOOK AU - Leslie,Donald TI - The survival of the Chinese Jews: the Jewish community of Kaifeng T2 - Tʻoung pao. Monographie SN - 9004034137 AV - DS135.C5 L47 U1 - 915.1/06/924 PY - 1972/// CY - Leiden, Netherlands PB - Brill KW - Jews KW - China KW - Kaifeng Xian KW - Juifs KW - Chine KW - K'ai-fong KW - Kaifeng (Chine) KW - Histoire KW - ram KW - swd KW - Juden N1 - 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 ER -