The Haggadah of the Kaifeng Jews of China [electronic resource] / by Fook-Kong Wong and Dalia Yasharpour.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wong, Fook-Kong.

Contributor:

Yasharpour, Dalia.

Series:

Brill reference library of Judaism ; v. 32.

The Brill reference library of Judaism, 1571-5000 ; v. 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Haggadot--Texts.

Haggadot.

Seder--Liturgy--Texts.

Seder.

Judaism--China--Kaifeng Shi--Liturgy--Texts.

Judaism.

Jews--China--Kaifeng Shi--History.

Jews.

Jews--China--Kaifeng Shi--Intellectual life.

Haggadah (Kaifeng Shi, China).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This comprehensive, textual treatment of the Kaifeng Passover Rite is a significant contribution to the ongoing discussion of the community’s origins in particular and to comparative Jewish liturgy in general. The book includes a facsimile of one manuscript and a sample of the other, the full text of the Hebrew/Aramaic and Judeo-Persian Haggadah in Hebrew characters, as well as an English translation. Following a review of the community’s history, sources for study, and related scholarly work conducted to date, the languages used in the Haggadah and their backgrounds are discussed in detail. Analysis of the order of the service allows for comparison of the Kaifeng Jewish community’s recitation of the Passover liturgy, performance of ritual, and consumption of ceremonial food to other communities in the Jewish Diaspora. The various parts and chapters of the book, including its extensive and meticulous annotations and bibliographical references, provide much fresh and useful material for scholars and readers interested in pre-modern Jewish, Judeo-Persian and Chinese literary traditions and cultures. David Yeroushalmi, Tel Aviv University, 2015

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Chapter One Haggadah Manuscripts of the Kaifeng Jews

Chapter Two The Community’s Knowledge of Hebrew

Chapter Three Hebrew in the Kaifeng Haggadah

Chapter Four The Judeo-Persian of KH

Chapter Five Order of the Service

Haggadah Text

English Translation

List of Works Cited

Plates

Index.

Notes:

Includes full text of the Hebrew/Aramaic and Judeo-Persian Haggadah in Hebrew characters, with English translation and commentary.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Haggadah (Kaifeng Shi, China). Polyglot.

ISBN:

1-283-28074-4

9786613280749

90-04-20810-0

OCLC:

754582341

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004208100 DOI