The Haggadah of the Kaifeng Jews of China - Wong, Fook-Kong; Yasharpour, Dalia
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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.…mehr

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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.
Autorenporträt
Fook-kong Wong, Th.D. (1998) in Hebrew Bible, Harvard Divinity School, is Associate Professor of Old Testament at Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary. He has contributed entries in NIDB, EBR and written numerous articles in Chinese journals and books. Dalia Yasharpour, Ph.D. (2005), University of California, Los Angeles, is Lecturer of Persian Language and Literature at Harvard University. She is co-author of the Persian textbook, Proficiency in Persian (Persian Language Resources, 2007) and has contributed articles to such publications as EJIW and EHLL.