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title	:	The Jews of China. Vol. One, Historical and Comparative Perspectives
author	:	Goldstein, Jonathan.
publisher	:	ME Sharpe, Inc.
isbn10 | asin	:	0765601036
print isbn13	:	9780765601032
ebook isbn13	:	9780585179834
language	:	English
subject	Jews--China--History, China--Ethnic relations.
publication date	:	1998
lcc	:	DS135.C5J49 1998eb
ddc	:	951/.004924
subject	:	Jews--China--History, China--Ethnic relations.

Page iii The Jews of China: Volume One Historical and Comparative Perspectives Edited and with an Introduction by Jonathan Goldstein Concluding Essay by Benjamin I. Schwartz An East Gate Book Armonk, New York London, England

Page iv Disclaimer: This book contains characters with diacritics. When the characters can be represented using the ISO 8859-1 character set ( http://www.w3.org/TR/images/latin1.gif ), netLibrary will represent them as they appear in the original text, and most computers will be able to show the full characters correctly. In order to keep the text searchable and readable on most computers, characters with diacritics that are not part of the ISO 8859-1 list will be represented without their diacritical marks. An East Gate Book Copyright 1999 by M. E. Sharpe, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher, M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 80 Business Park Drive, Armonk, New York 10504. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Jews of China, Volume One: Historical and comparative perspectives / edited by Jonathan Goldstein. p. cm. "An East Gate book." Includes bibliographical references and index for both volumes at the end of volume two. Contents: vol. 1. Historical and comparative perspectives. ISBN 0-7656-0103-6 (alk. paper). 1. JewsChinaHistory. 2. ChinaEthnic relations. I. Goldstein, Jonathan. DS135.C5J49 1998 951'.004924dc21 98-5350 CIP Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z 39.48-1984. MV(c) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Page v This book is dedicated to the memories of Nissim Elias Benjamin Ezra (18831936) of Shanghai and Dr. Avraham Iosifovitch Kaufman (18861971) of Harbin Pioneers of Zionism in East Asia In each generation, a hero will arise as savior of our people. Jonathan Goldstein Carrollton, Georgia October 1998

Page vii CONTENTS: VOLUME ONE Historical Introduction Jonathan Goldstein xi I. The Kaifeng Experience A. Assimilation and Acculturation 3 1. The Synagogue at Kaifeng: SinoJudaic Architecture of the Diaspora Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt 3 2. Kaifeng Jews: The Sinification of Identity Irene Eber 22 3. The Confucianization of the Kaifeng Jews: Interpretations of the Kaifeng Stelae Inscriptions Andrew H. Plaks 36 B. Western Response 50 1. The Revelation of a Jewish Presence in Seventeenth-Century China: Its Impact on Western Messianic Thought Michael Pollak 50 2. Memories of Kaifeng's Jewish Descendants Today: Historical Significance in Light of Observations by Westerners Since 1605

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