Sino-Judaica : occasional papers of the Sino-Judaic Institute.
Irregular.
Vol. 1 (1991)-
Title from cover.
Library has volume 1 (1991) only.

Nigel Thomas: Râdhânites, Chinese Jews, and the Silk Road of the Steppes -- Wendy Abraham: The role of Confucian and Jewish educational values in the assimilation of the Chinese Jews of Kaifeng, supplemented by Western observer accounts, 1605-1985 -- Donald Daniel Leslie: The Old Testament and Biblical figures in Chinese sources -- Andrew H. Plaks: The Confucianization of the Chinese Jews: interpretations of the K’ai-feng Stelae inscriptions -- Kong Xianyi [孔憲易]: Delving into the Israelite religion of Kaifeng: the patriotic scholar Shi Jingxun 時經訓 and his Study of the origins of the Plucking the Sinews Sect of Henan (Henan tiaojinjiao yuanliukao 河南挑筋教源流考)

The Jews of Kaifeng, China : history, culture, and religion / Xu Xin

Includes bibliographical references and index.

chapter 1. China and Chinese society when the Jews arrived -- chapter 2. The history -- chapter 3. The inner life of Kaifeng Jewry -- chapter 4. Identity -- chapter 5. Relations with neighbors -- chapter 6. Jews in other Chinese cities.

"From the ninth century on, there was an indigenous Jewish community in the city of Kaifeng in northeastern China. Separated by thousands of miles from the rest of the world, and largely cut off from contact with the main centers of Jewish life, the Kaifeng Jews developed a distinctive culture that was unquestionably Jewish, but progressively absorbed Chinese elements. Their greatest problem was not separation from other Jews so much as the openness and tolerance of Chinese society. Intermarriages occurred frequently, and Jews were fully accepted as merchants, government officials, and neighbors. Over time, they were so completely assimilated that few of their descendants carry any memory of Jewish ancestry and physically look much like other Chinese. The story of the Kaifeng Jews is dramatic and colorful, and offers many profound lessons. It will be indispensable to anyone interested in Jewish or Chinese history."--BOOK JACKET.