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Author Leslie, Donald, 1922-

Title The survival of the Chinese Jews : the Jewish community of Kaifeng / by Donald Daniel Leslie
Published Leiden : Brill, 1972

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Description xiv, 270 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Series T̀oung pao. Monographie ; 10
Tʻoung pao. Monographie ; 10
Contents 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
Analysis Jews China Kaifeng Xian
Notes Bibliography: p.[225]-237
Published in collaboration with the Faulty of Asian Studies and Dept. of Far Eastern History, A.N.U
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [225]-237
Subject Jews -- China -- K'ai-feng hsien
Jews -- China -- K̀ai-feng hsien
Jews -- China -- Kaifeng (Henan Sheng, China)
Jews -- China -- Kaifeng Xian.
Jews -- China -- Kài-feng hsien
Jews -- China -- Kʻai-feng hsien
Author Australian National University. Department of Far Eastern History.
Australian National University. Faculty of Asian Studies.
LC no. 72169783
ISBN 9004034137