The Jews of China - Vol. 1

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• The Jews of China - Volume One Historical and Comparative Perspectives *
• Contents: Volume One vii
• Historical Introduction xi
• Part I - The Kaifeng Experience *
• A. Assimilation and Acculturation *
• Chapter I.A. 1 the Synagogue at Kaifeng: Sino—judaic Architecture of the Diaspora 3
• Chapter I.A.2 Kaifeng Jews: The Sinification of Identity 22
• Chapter I.A.3 the Confucianization of the Kaifeng Jews: Interpretations of the Kaifeng Stelae Inscriptions 36
• B. Western Response 49
• Chapter I.B. 1 the Revelation of a Jewish Presence in Seventeenth-Century China: Its Impact on Western Messianic Thought 50
• Chapter I.B.2 Memories of Kaifeng's Jewish Descendants Today: Historical Significance in Light of Observations by Westerners since 1605 71
• C. Comparisons with Indian Jewry 86
• Chapter I.C. 1 the Kaifeng Jews and India's Bene Israel: Different Paths 87
• Chapter I.C.2 Cochin Jews and Kaifeng Jews: Reflections on Caste, Surname, "Community," and Conversion 104
• Chapter I.C.3 the Judaisms of Kaifeng and Cochin: Parallels and Divergences 120
• Part II - Nineteenth-Century Baghdadi and Ashkenazi Experiences in India, China, and Japan 138

• The Jews of China - Volume One Historical and Comparative Perspectives *
• Contents: Volume One vii
• Historical Introduction xi
• Part I - The Kaifeng Experience *
• A. Assimilation and Acculturation *
• Chapter I.A. 1 the Synagogue at Kaifeng: Sino—judaic Architecture of the Diaspora 3
• Chapter I.A.2 Kaifeng Jews: The Sinification of Identity 22
• Chapter I.A.3 the Confucianization of the Kaifeng Jews: Interpretations of the Kaifeng Stelae Inscriptions 36
• B. Western Response 49
• Chapter I.B. 1 the Revelation of a Jewish Presence in Seventeenth-Century China: Its Impact on Western Messianic Thought 50
• Chapter I.B.2 Memories of Kaifeng's Jewish Descendants Today: Historical Significance in Light of Observations by Westerners since 1605 71
• C. Comparisons with Indian Jewry 86
• Chapter I.C. 1 the Kaifeng Jews and India's Bene Israel: Different Paths 87
• Chapter I.C.2 Cochin Jews and Kaifeng Jews: Reflections on Caste, Surname, "Community," and Conversion 104
• Chapter I.C.3 the Judaisms of Kaifeng and Cochin: Parallels and Divergences 120
• Part II - Nineteenth-Century Baghdadi and Ashkenazi Experiences in India, China, and Japan 138
• Chapter II - A Baghdadi Jews in India and China in the Nineteenth Century: a Comparison of Economic Roles *
• Chapter Ii.B the Shanghai—nagasaki Judaic Connection, 1859-1924 157
• Part III - Twentieth-Century Baghdadi and Ashkenazi Experiences 168
• A. Urban Profiles: Hong Kong *
• Chapter III - A.1 Environmental Interactions of the Jews of Hong Kong 171
• B. Urban Profiles: Harbin 186
• Chapter III - B. 1 the Construction of the Chinese Eastern Railway and the Origin of the Harbin Jewish Community, 1898-1931 187
• Chapter III - B.2 Harbin's Jewish Community, 1898-1958: Politics, Prosperity, and Adversity 200
• C. Occupational Profiles: Shanghai 215
• Chapter III - C. 1 Silas Aaron Hardoon and Cross-Cultural Adaptation in Shanghai 216
• Chapter III - C.2 Jews and the Musical Life of Shanghai 230
• Chapter III - C.3 Jewish Musicians in Shanghai: Bridging Two Cultures 239
• D. Zionism, the Holocaust, and the Sino—judaic Exodus 250
• Chapter III - D.1 the Shanghai Zionist Association and the International Politics of East Asia until 1936 251
• Chapter III - D.2 Zionism and Zionist-Revisionism in Shanghai, 1937-1949 267
• Chapter III - D.3 Who Can See a Miracle? the Language of Jewish Memory in Shanghai 277
• Concluding Essay Jews and China: Past and Present Encounters 298
• Contributors 305