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.
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- 951.004924
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Contents 8
- Prologue 10
- Acknowledgements 12
- 1 Introduction: The Four Questions 14
- Who Are the Chinese Jews? 14
- Are the Chinese Jews Jewish? 18
- What Are the Sources for the Theology of the Chinese Jews? 29
- Is This Theology Relevant Today? 34
- 2 From Whence They Came to Where They Went 38
- The Extent of the Diaspora 38
- Jewish Life under Christianity and Islam: Tenth to Twelfth Centuries 43
- The Sea Route to China and the Settlement in Kaifeng 46
- 3 Life in China: Tenth to Nineteenth Centuries 50
- Religion 50
- Education 61
- Social Structure 63
- Government 64
- Economy 65
- Culture 66
- 4 Brief History of Buddhism and the Abrahamic Traditions in China 68
- The Buddhist Experience in China 69
- Christianity to the Mid-Nineteenth Century 71
- Christianity in China after the de Facto Demise of Judaism 75
- Islam 79
- Judaism 82
- 5 The Sinification of Judaism 92
- Veneration of Ancestors: Family, Tribal, Religious, and Cultural 92
- Education and Its Relationship to Judaism 98
- The Kaifeng Jews and Their Neighbours 100
- Chinese Judaism 103
- 6 A Speculative Theology of the Chinese Jews 108
- The Names of God: Hebrew 109
- The Kaifeng Synagogue’s Stelae and Plaques 111
- The Names of God: Chinese 113
- The Nature of Creation 119
- Monotheism from a Chinese Perspective 123
- A Speculative Chinese-Jewish Theology 126
- Assimilation and Theology 137
- Historical and Cultural Context 142
- Epilogue 144
- Postscript: What Western Jews Can Learn from the Kaifeng Jews 150
- Appendix: Chinese Logographs for Terms and Translations in Chapter 6 158
- Notes 160
- References 166
