Legends of the Chinese Jews of Kaifeng / by Xu Xin, with Beverly Friend ; illustrated by Ting Cheng.
Publication details: Hoboken, N.J. : KTAV Pub., 1995.Description: xvi, 140 pages : illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0881255289
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The Great Journey -- Friendship Between Chinese and Jews -- A Debate Under a Big Locust Tree -- The Emperor Bestows Surnames -- The Beginning of a New Life -- What's in a Name? -- Bearing the Weight of Tradition -- In the Hall of the Moral Gao -- A Permanent Record in an Impermanent World -- A Mutual Discovery: Jews and Jesuits -- Resisting Conversion -- Rescuing Sacred Books -- Rebuilding the Synagogue -- Kaifeng Jewry's First Family -- Rejecting the Imperial Envoy's Proposal -- The Twelve Golden Calves -- A Tale of Brotherly Love -- Where Is Israel? -- The Tenacity of Tradition -- We Are Jews.
A collection of legends and stories from the oral tradition of this group of Jews who migrated to China long ago offers a look at their history and unique identity.
