The Chinese Jews of Kaifeng

The Chinese Jews of Kaifeng

by Irene EberMathew A. Eckstein Jordan Paper and others
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 21/07/2017

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This scholarly collection examines the origins, history, and contemporary nature of Chinese Judaism in the community of Kaifeng. These essays, written by a diverse, international team of contributors, explore the culture and history of this thousand-year-old Jewish community, whose synthesis of Chinese and Jewish cultures helped guarantee its survival. Part I of this study analyzes the origin and historical development of the Kaifeng community, as well as the unique cultural synthesis it engendered. Part II explores the contemporary nature of this Chinese Jewish community, particularly examining the community’s relationship to Jewish organizations outside of China, the impact of Western Jewish contact, and the tenuous nature of Jewish identity in Kaifeng.

ISBN:
9781498550277
9781498550277
Category:
Asian history
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
21-07-2017
Language:
English
Publisher:
Lexington Books
Nigel Thomas

Dr. Nigel Thomas is an accomplished linguist and military historian, formerly a Principal Lecturer at Northumbria University, now a freelance military author, translator, and military uniform consultant.

His interests are 20th century military and civil uniformed organizations, with a special interest in Germany, Central, and Eastern Europe. He was awarded a Ph.D. on the Eastern enlargement of NATO. He is based in the UK.

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