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The study discusses the history of the Jewish refugees within the
Shanghai setting and its relationship to the two established Jewish
communities, the Sephardi and Russian Jews. Attention is also
focused on the cultural life of the refugees who used both German
and Yiddish, and on their attempts to cope under Japanese
occupation after the outbreak of the Pacific War. Differences of
identity existed between Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jews, religious and
secular, aside from linguistic and cultural differences. The study
aims to understand the exile condition of the refugees and their
amazing efforts to create a semblance of cultural life in a strange
new world.
This book deals with the large variety of contacts that constitute
intercultural relations. These studies suggest the different areas
literature, history, society research can take to discover the
interaction of ideas and peoples. It furthermore illustrates how
widely disparate cultures can communicate over time and space as
well as the different means that are employed in cultural
adjustment. Contents include: Jewish Communities in China: A Brief
Overview --- Kaifeng Jews: Sinification and the Persistence of
Identity and History --- Destination Shanghai, Permits, and Transit
Visas, 19381941 --- Translating the Ancestors: SIJ Schereschewskys
1875 Chinese Version of Genesis --- Notes on the Early Reception of
the Old Testament --- Several Psalms in Chinese Translation ---
Translation Literature in Modern China: The Yiddish Author and his
Tale --- Martin Buber and Daoism
This scholarly collection examines the origins, history, and
contemporary nature of Chinese Judaism in the community of Kaifeng.
These essays, written by a diverse, international team of
contributors, explore the culture and history of this
thousand-year-old Jewish community, whose synthesis of Chinese and
Jewish cultures helped guarantee its survival. Part I of this study
analyzes the origin and historical development of the Kaifeng
community, as well as the unique cultural synthesis it engendered.
Part II explores the contemporary nature of this Chinese Jewish
community, particularly examining the community's relationship to
Jewish organizations outside of China, the impact of Western Jewish
contact, and the tenuous nature of Jewish identity in Kaifeng.
This scholarly collection examines the origins, history, and
contemporary nature of Chinese Judaism in the community of Kaifeng.
These essays, written by a diverse, international team of
contributors, explore the culture and history of this
thousand-year-old Jewish community, whose synthesis of Chinese and
Jewish cultures helped guarantee its survival. Part I of this study
analyzes the origin and historical development of the Kaifeng
community, as well as the unique cultural synthesis it engendered.
Part II explores the contemporary nature of this Chinese Jewish
community, particularly examining the community's relationship to
Jewish organizations outside of China, the impact of Western Jewish
contact, and the tenuous nature of Jewish identity in Kaifeng.
Wilhelm frequently wrote and lectured on the Book of Changes,
supplying guidelines to its ideas and ways of thinking. Collected
here are four lectures he gave between 1926 and 1929. The lectures
are significant not only for what they reveal about Chinese
tradition and culture, but also for their reflections of the
scholarly and cultural milieu prevalent in Germany during that
time.
Originally published in 1987.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these
important books while presenting them in durable paperback
editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly
increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the
thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since
its founding in 1905.
Wilhelm frequently wrote and lectured on the Book of Changes,
supplying guidelines to its ideas and ways of thinking. Collected
here are four lectures he gave between 1926 and 1929. The lectures
are significant not only for what they reveal about Chinese
tradition and culture, but also for their reflections of the
scholarly and cultural milieu prevalent in Germany during that
time. Originally published in 1979. The Princeton Legacy Library
uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available
previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of
Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original
texts of these important books while presenting them in durable
paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy
Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage
found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University
Press since its founding in 1905.
The study discusses the history of the Jewish refugees within the
Shanghai setting and its relationship to the two established Jewish
communities, the Sephardi and Russian Jews. Attention is also
focused on the cultural life of the refugees who used both German
and Yiddish, and on their attempts to cope under Japanese
occupation after the outbreak of the Pacific War.
Irene Eber was one of the foremost authorities on Jews in China
during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries-a field that, in
contrast to the study of the Jewish diaspora in Europe and the
Americas, has been critically neglected. This volume gathers
fourteen of Eber's most salient articles and essays on the
exchanges between Jewish and Chinese cultures, making available to
students, scholars, and general readers a representative sample of
the range and depth of her important work in the field of Jews in
China. Jews in China delineates the centuries-long, reciprocal
dialogue between Jews, Jewish culture, and China, all under the
overarching theme of cultural translation. The first section of the
book sets forth a sweeping overview of the history of Jews in
China, beginning in the twelfth century and concluding with a
detailed assessment of the two crucial years leading up to the
Second World War. The second section examines the translation of
Chinese classics into Hebrew and the translation of the Hebrew
Bible into Chinese. The third and final section turns to modern
literature, bringing together eight essays that underscore the
cultural reciprocity that takes place through acts of translation.
The centuries-long relationship between Judaism and China is often
overlooked in the light of the extensive discourse surrounding
European and American Judaism. With this volume, Eber reminds us
that we have much to learn from the intersections between Jewish
identity and Chinese culture.
Irene Eber was one of the foremost authorities on Jews in China
during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries-a field that, in
contrast to the study of the Jewish diaspora in Europe and the
Americas, has been critically neglected. This volume gathers
fourteen of Eber's most salient articles and essays on the
exchanges between Jewish and Chinese cultures, making available to
students, scholars, and general readers a representative sample of
the range and depth of her important work in the field of Jews in
China. Jews in China delineates the centuries-long, reciprocal
dialogue between Jews, Jewish culture, and China, all under the
overarching theme of cultural translation. The first section of the
book sets forth a sweeping overview of the history of Jews in
China, beginning in the twelfth century and concluding with a
detailed assessment of the two crucial years leading up to the
Second World War. The second section examines the translation of
Chinese classics into Hebrew and the translation of the Hebrew
Bible into Chinese. The third and final section turns to modern
literature, bringing together eight essays that underscore the
cultural reciprocity that takes place through acts of translation.
The centuries-long relationship between Judaism and China is often
overlooked in the light of the extensive discourse surrounding
European and American Judaism. With this volume, Eber reminds us
that we have much to learn from the intersections between Jewish
identity and Chinese culture.
The volume presents the contributions of an international workshop
held in Jerusalem in 1996. It includes a general index with
glossary.
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