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The story of a stele : China's Nestorian Monument and its reception in the West, 1625-1916 / Michael Keevak.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Keevak, Michael, 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nestorian Church--China--History.
- Nestorian Church.
- Christian antiquities--China.
- Christian antiquities.
- Church of the East members--China--Historiography.
- Church of the East members.
- Assyrian Church of the East members--China--Historiography.
- Assyrian Church of the East members.
- Nestorian tablet of Sian-fu.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The thesis of this book is that when Westerners discussed the Nestorian monument they were not really talking about China at all.
- Contents:
- Cover; The Story of a Stele - China's Nestorian Monument and Its Reception in the West, 1625-1916; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; PROLOGUE. The Story of a Stone; 1. A Stone Discovered; 2. The Century of Kircher; 3. Eighteenth-Century Problems and Controversies; 4. The Return of the Missionaries; EPILOGUE. The Da Qin Temple; Notes; Works Cited; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-186) and index.
- ISBN:
- 988-220-760-X
- 1-282-70956-9
- 9786612709562
- 988-8052-97-7
- OCLC:
- 650510479
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