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The Theology Of The Chinese Jews 1000a1850
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Book Synopsis The Theology of the Chinese Jews, 1000–1850 by : Jordan Paper
Download or read book The Theology of the Chinese Jews, 1000–1850 written by Jordan Paper and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thousand years ago, the Chinese government invited merchants from one of the Chinese port synagogue communities to the capital, Kaifeng. The merchants settled there and the community prospered. Over centuries, with government support, the Kaifeng Jews built and rebuilt their synagogue, which became perhaps the world’s largest. Some studied for the rabbinate; others prepared for civil service examinations, leading to a disproportionate number of Jewish government officials. While continuing orthodox Jewish practices they added rituals honouring their parents and the patriarchs, in keeping with Chinese custom. However, by the mid-eighteenth century—cut off from Judaism elsewhere for two centuries, their synagogue destroyed by a flood, their community impoverished and dispersed by a civil war that devastated Kaifeng—their Judaism became defunct. The Theology of the Chinese Jews traces the history of Jews in China and explores how their theology’s focus on love, rather than on the fear of a non-anthropomorphic God, may speak to contemporary liberal Jews. Equally relevant to contemporary Jews is that the Chinese Jews remained fully Jewish while harmonizing with the family-centred religion of China. In an illuminating postscript, Rabbi Anson Laytner underscores the point that Jewish culture can thrive in an open society, “without hostility, by absorbing the best of the dominant culture and making it one’s own.”
Book Synopsis From Kaifeng to Shanghai by : Roman Malek
Download or read book From Kaifeng to Shanghai written by Roman Malek and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collection presents the proceedings of the international colloquium held in Sankt Augustin in 1997 and additional materials. The articles are written in English, German or Chinese (with English abstracts). The volume includes a general index with glossary.
Download or read book The Jews in China written by James Finn and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The History of the Jews in China by : S. M. Perlmann
Download or read book The History of the Jews in China written by S. M. Perlmann and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Haggadah of the Kaifeng Jews of China by : Fook-Kong Wong
Download or read book The Haggadah of the Kaifeng Jews of China written by Fook-Kong Wong and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive textual treatment of the Kaifeng Passover Rite is a significant contribution to the ongoing discussion as to the Community’s origins in particular and to comparative Jewish liturgy in general.
Author :Michael Pollak Publisher :Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society of America ISBN 13 : Total Pages :464 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Mandarins, Jews, and Missionaries by : Michael Pollak
Download or read book Mandarins, Jews, and Missionaries written by Michael Pollak and published by Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society of America. This book was released on 1980 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1932 2nd may be paperback check ISBN.
Book Synopsis Manadarins, Jews and Missionaries by : Michael Pollak
Download or read book Manadarins, Jews and Missionaries written by Michael Pollak and published by . This book was released on 2003-07 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book on the history of Chinese Jews reads like an adventure story, crisscrossing geographic locations & transcending ages. Michael Pollak has sniffed out every available clue on the Chinese Jews: his research is solid & well documented. Beyond the confines of Jewish history, this saga sheds much light on China's past & especially its treatment of minorities. This new edition includes a new preface that assembles & evaluates the data that have come to the fore with regard to the once flourishing Jewish communities of old China, particularly that of Kaifeng, in the years since 1979, when the original manuscript of this book was completed; & to correct a number of errors. Numerous illustrations. Bibliography.
