The Chinese face of Jesus Christ / edited by Roman Malek.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Malek, Roman, 1951-2019.

Louis A. Duhring Fund.

J. Fithian Tatem Memorial Fund.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Monumenta serica monograph series 0179-261X ; 50.

Monumenta Serica monograph series, 0179-261X ; 50

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ--Buddhist interpretations.

Buddhist interpretations of sacred works.

Buddhist interpretations of Jesus Christ.

Theology, Doctrinal--China.

Theology, Doctrinal.

China.

Physical Description:

658 p . : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Sankt Augustin : Institut Monumenta Serica : China-Zentrum, [2002]-

Language Note:

English and German.

Contents:

Faces and Images of Jesus Christ in Chinese Context. Introduction / Roman Malek, S.V.D. 19

Does Jesus Christ Need A Facelift? A Critical Voice to the Project "The Chinese Face of Christ." Remarks on Some Problems of Inculturation / Paul H. Welte, O.P. 55

Preliminary Contextual Considerations: Dao - Logos - Yesu

Embodiment and Transcendence in Medieval Taoism / Livia Kohn 65

Tao - Logos - Jesus. Lao Tzu, Philo, and John Compared / Joseph H. Wong, O.S.B. Cam 87

St. John's Jesus and the Buddha / J.D.M. Derrett 127

Indigenizing the "Name Above All Names": Chinese Transliterations of Jesus Christ / Jost O. Zetzsche 141

Part I Faces and Images of Jesus Christ from Tang to Yuan

China's First Evangelization by the 7th and 8th Century Eastern Syrian Monks. Some Problems Posed by the First Chinese Expressions of the Christian Traditions (1912-1998) / Yves Raguin, S.J. 159

Christology and Soteriology in the Chinese Nestorian Texts / Steve Eskildsen 181

"Quickly guide me to the peace of the Pure Land": Christology and Buddhist Terminology in the Chinese Manichaean Hymnscroll / Gunner B. Mikkelsen 219

Jesus' Entry into Parinirvana. Manichaean Identity in Buddhist Central Asia (1939-1999) / Hans-Joachim Klimkeit 243

Das Kreuzessymbol in der zentralasiatischen Religionsbegegnung. Zum Verhaltnis von Christologie und Buddhologie in der zentralasiatischen Kunst (1939-1999) / Hans-Joachim Klimkeit 259

In Nomine Domini. Ein christlicher Grabstein in Yangzhou (1344) / Franz Xaver Peintinger 285

Hsu-t'ing Messiah Sutra or Jesus Messiah Sutra (ca. 635) 295

The Lord of the Universe's Discourse On Alms-Giving (ca. 640) 315

The Sutra on Mysterious Rest and Joy (ca. 780) 337

The Luminous Lord of the Universe. From the "Nestorian Monument" (781) 353

A Nestorian Motwa Hymn in Adoration of the Holy Trinity (8th c.) 359

King Messiah: Syriac Texts from Gaochang (9th-12th c.) 363

Manichaische Jesus-Hymnen aus China (8.-9. Jh.) 369

Christ Described in a Poem by Li Bai (701-762). Interpretation proposed by Wu Qiming / Presented by Adrian Dudink 385

Left: The marble with the "Nestorian Cross" and the Syriac writings discovered by Sir Reginald F. Johnston at Fangshan in 1919. Reprinted from Saeki, illustr. 40, facing p. 430. Right: Nestorian painting discovered by Sir Aurel Stein at Dunhuang in 1908. Restored by the Japanese artist Furuyama. Reprinted from Saeki, illustr. 23, facing page 408

The Nestorian Monument. "Impression phototypique." Reprinted from P. Henri Havret, S.J., La stele chretienne de Si-ngan-fou. Varietes sinologiques No. 7 (Chang-hai 1895), Frontispiece

The title of the "Nestorian Stele." From a rubbing published by P. Henri Havret, S.J., La stele chretienne de Si-ngan-fou. Varietes sinologiques No. 7 (Chang-hai 1895), p. XIV 180

Abb. 1-10 (for details, see pp. 276f.) 278

Abb. 1-2 (here see the details) 290f

The first lines of the Jesus Messiah Sutra. Reprinted from Saeki, facing p. 124 314

The first lines of the Lord of the Universe's Discourse on Alms-giving. Reprinted from Saeki, facing p. 206 336

From the Nestorian Motwa Hymn. Reprinted from Saeki, facing p. 266 358

Syriac texts from Gaochang (I.1 and II.1). Reprinted from Saeki, p. 337 and 340 368

Fragments of the Manichaean Jesus-Hymns. Reprinted from E. Waldschmidt-W. Lentz, Die Stellung Jesu im Manichaismus (Berlin 1926), Taf. II 384.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the J. Fithian Tatem Memorial Fund.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.

ISBN:

3805004761

380500477X

OCLC:

51682729