Chinese Jews

Author: (French) Rong Zhenhua (Australian) Li Duna
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Publishing Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Jewish people who entered China through the Western Regions during the Song Dynasty and settled in China have been a group little known to most Chinese. Historical records about them are also sparse and scattered. The earliest group to focus on and conduct large-scale field investigations and research on the lives and religious beliefs of Chinese Jews were Jesuits who arrived in China during the late Ming Dynasty. However, the results of their investigations are largely kept abroad and have mostly not been published publicly. This book compiles and introduces famous works on Chinese Jews from abroad, providing a detailed record of the field investigations conducted by Jesuits in the late Ming Dynasty on the history of Chinese Jews in Kaifeng, their migration history, religious history, and biblical history. It serves as fundamental historical material for studying Chinese Jews.