The Jewish-Chinese Nexus: A Meeting of Civilizations

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ISBN: 9780415457156 | 0415457157
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 8/14/2008

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This book is concerned with the areas where Jews and Chinese, Judaism and Chinese religions and ideologies are converging or inter relate to each other. It includes chapters on Confuciansim, the Kaifeng Jewish Descendants, business and Chinese/Israeli relations.

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Contributors	p. x
Chronology of the Jewish-Chinese Nexus	p. xvi
Foreword and Acknowledgements	p. xxiii
Introduction to the Jewish-Chinese Nexus	p. xxvii
Map of China 1	p. xxxii
Map of China 2	p. xxxiii
Contemporary Jews in China	p. 1
Overview of the Jewish Presence in Contemporary China	p. 3
China's Realities from the Viewpoints of "Foreign Experts"	p. 16
Contemporary Development of Jewish Life in Asia: A Personal Memoir	p. 41
Comparative Culture and Thought	p. 47
Crossing Boundaries Between Confucianism and Judaism	p. 49
Confucianism and Judaism: a Dialogue in Spite of Differences	p. 61
Judaism and its Referential Value to the Cultural Reconstruction of Modern China	p. 72
Rethinking the Nanjing Massacre and its Connection with the Holocaust	p. 82
Chinese Perceptions of Jews	p. 95
A Chinese Perspective of Judaism and the Jewish People	p. 97
Israel and the Jewish People in Chinese Cyberspace Since 2002	p. 103
The Influence of Jewish Literature in China	p. 118
Jewish Studies and Literature	p. 133
Australian Jewry, its Relations with China and the First Steps in Jewish Studies	p. 135
The Developing Role of the Hebrew Bible in Modern China	p. 152
Modern Hebrew Literature in China	p. 164
Kaifeng Jewish Descendents	p. 173
The Contemporary Condition of the Jewish Descendants of Kaifeng	p. 175
Chinese Government Policy Towards the Descendants of the Jews of Kaifeng	p. 197
The Judaism of the Kaifeng Jews and Liberal Judaism in America	p. 207
Phenomena of the Jewish-Chinese Nexus	p. 225
The Adoption of Chinese Children by Jewish Families and the Effect on North American Jewish Identity	p. 227
China-Israel Relations	p. 237
Sino-Israel Relations at the Start of the Second Decade: A View from Shanghai and Jerusalem	p. 239
Economic and Cultural Relations Between China and Israel Since the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations in 1992	p. 253
China's Potential Contribution to Middle East Cooperation	p. 268
Bibliography	p. 279
Index	p. 284
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