Reviews for Legends of the Chinese Jews of Kaifeng

The average rating for Legends of the Chinese Jews of Kaifeng based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-06-01 00:00:00 William J Rulo I've had this book on my list of things to read and what a bummer it turned out to be. While the author stated that he took liberties and indulged the stories, it felt like he really just had an outline of dates and names and filled in the rest with story. I love legends, even fully fabricated ones, but these reached no where near the quality which I was expecting. I recognize the constraints-The Revolution, the assimilation over centuries, and perhaps, if written in Chinese originally, it is a matter of bad translation. It read like a child's book with little to interest the child, not even the child in me.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-06-01 00:00:00 Frederick Jones the re-creation and emergence of the Jews in China, reclaiming the past from storytellers and archival readings.