Pollak michael 1918 2008 (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. xviii, 436 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm OCLC 659989612 ISBN: 9780827601208, 0827601204 LCCN 79084732 Classification - LC DS135.C5 P6 Classification - Dewey 951.004924 ; red cloth in pictorial dustjcaket ; ownership label on front endpaper ; "This book tells the amazing story of those almost forgotten bands of Jews who wandered into China any centuries ago and with the passage of time blended physically and psychologically into the general population, although managing to remain until fairly recently a distinctly identifiable Jewish entity. Most particularly, it deals with the last of the several Jewish colonies that once dotted the Chinese empire, the community that was established in the Sung capital of Kaifeng, in Honan Province, between the tenth and the twelfth centuries and still owned a synagogue as late as the mid 1800s."--Book jacket. ; Contents : Part one: The world and the Chinese Jews -- The European reaction -- Ricci's Jews and Cromwell's Puritans -- Testaments in stone -- Guidelines for Rome -- An illusion shattered -- Interlude of silence -- Enter James Finn -- The Chinese delegates -- The orphan colony -- Too little, and much too late -- Beyond the point of no return -- Outright lies, tall tales, and a few truths -- Part two: The world of the Chinese Jews -- The beginnings of Judaism in China -- The synagogue on the earth-market character sheet -- The Jewish way of life in Kaifeng -- The Jews and their neighbors -- Epilogue: Survival and extinction -- Appendix: Interviews with Shih Hung-Mo ; FINE/FINE. Book.…