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A History of the Kaifeng Israelites: Encounters with Israelites in Chinese Literature

A History of the Kaifeng Israelites: Encounters with Israelites in Chinese Literature

Weisz, Tiberiu

Paperback

Bible StudiesChinese HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1478789522
ISBN13: 9781478789529
Publisher: Outskirts Pr
Published: Jan 2 2018
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.59 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The book traces the Israelites presence in China to the earliest times. It weaves the story of the Kaifeng Israelites from original archives, memorials to the emperors, and local gazetteers with Western sources. For the first time readers are exposed to the activities of the seventy clans, as the Chinese Jews considered themselves all offspring of Jacob were seventy persons (Ex 1:5) in dynastic China. This small Israelite community believed they were the sole remnants of all Israel (klal Israel). They lived in the outskirts of China in administrative enclaves that encouraged sinocization. Chinese sages such as Laozi quoted them, Confucius referred to them while Mencius described them, possibly had a discourse with one of them, and later literature treated them as natives. After the 2nd century CE they settled in China proper and Chinese literature mentioned them in the Han, Sui, Wei, Tang and Song dynasties where they lived in almost anonymity. They joined the exodus from China during the Great Religious Persecution in the Tang Dynasty when all non native Chinese religions were expelled. The Israelite community returned to the Western Regions, where they lived until the Song Emperor invited them back. Despite their prolonged absence from China proper, they remained truthful to both China and to their biblical roots.

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