The theology of the Chinese Jews 1000 - 1850
1 Introduction: The Four Questions 1 -- Who Are the Chinese Jews? 1 -- Are the Chinese Jews Jewish? 5 -- What Are the Sources for the Theology of the Chinese Jews? 16 -- Is This Theology Relevant Today? 21 -- 2 From Whence They Came to Where They Went 25 -- The Extent of the Diaspora 25 -- Jewish Li...
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Waterloo
Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
2012
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | 1 Introduction: The Four Questions 1 -- Who Are the Chinese Jews? 1 -- Are the Chinese Jews Jewish? 5 -- What Are the Sources for the Theology of the Chinese Jews? 16 -- Is This Theology Relevant Today? 21 -- 2 From Whence They Came to Where They Went 25 -- The Extent of the Diaspora 25 -- Jewish Life under Christianity and Islam: Tenth to Twelfth Centuries 30 -- The Sea Route to China and the Settlement in Kaifeng 33 -- 3 Life in China: Tenth to Nineteenth Centuries 37 -- Religion 37 -- Education 48 -- Social Structure 50 -- Government 51 -- Economy 52 -- Culture 53 -- 4 Brief History of Buddhism and the Abrahamic Traditions in China 55 -- The Buddhist Experience in China 56 -- Christianity to the Mid-Nineteenth Century 58 -- Christianity in China after the de Facto Demise of Judaism 62 -- Islam 66 -- Judaism 69 -- 5 The Sinification of Judaism 79 -- Veneration of Ancestors: Family, Tribal, Religious, and Cultural 79 -- Education and Its Relationship to Judaism 85 -- The Kaifeng Jews and Their Neighbours 87 -- Chinese Judaism 90 -- 6 A Speculative Theology of the Chinese Jews 95 -- The Names of God: Hebrew 96 -- The Kaifeng Synagogue's Stelae and Plaques 98 -- The Names of God: Chinese 100 -- The Nature of Creation 106 -- Monotheism from a Chinese Perspective 110 -- A Speculative Chinese-Jewish Theology 113 -- Assimilation and Theology 124 -- Historical and Cultural Context 129. |
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| Beschreibung: | XI, 157 S. |
| ISBN: | 9781554583720 978-1-55458-372-0 |