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Prologue ix
Acknowledgements xi
1 Introduction: The Four Questions 1
Who Are the Chinese Jews? 1
Are the Chinese Jews Jewish? 5
What Are the Sources for the Theology of the Chinese Jews? 16
Is This Theology Relevant Today? 21
2 From Whence They Came to Where They Went 25
The Extent of the Diaspora 25
Jewish Life under Christianity and Islam: Tenth to Twelfth Centuries 30
The Sea Route to China and the Settlement in Kaifeng 33
3 Life in China: Tenth to Nineteenth Centuries 37
Religion 37
Education 48
Social Structure 50
Government 51
Economy 52
Culture 53
4 Brief History of Buddhism and the Abrahamic Traditions in China 55
The Buddhist Experience in China 56
Christianity to the Mid-Nineteenth Century 58
Christianity in China after the de Facto Demise of Judaism 62
Islam 66
Judaism 69
5 The Sinification of Judaism 79
Veneration of Ancestors: Family, Tribal, Religious, and Cultural 79
Education and Its Relationship to Judaism 85
The Kaifeng Jews and Their Neighbours 87
Chinese Judaism 90
6 A Speculative Theology of the Chinese Jews 95
The Names of God: Hebrew 96
The Kaifeng Synagogue's Stelae and Plaques 98
The Names of God: Chinese 100
The Nature of Creation 106
Monotheism from a Chinese Perspective 110
A Speculative Chinese-Jewish Theology 113
Assimilation and Theology 124
Historical and Cultural Context 129
Epilogue 131
Postscript: What Western Jews Can Learn from the Kaifengjews, Rabbi Anson Laytner 137
Appendix: Chinese Logographs for Terms and Translations in Chapter 6 145
Notes 147
References 153
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