02704nam 2200445 450 991016312860332120230422033921.090-04-32002-410.1163/9789004320024(CKB)3710000000652332(MiAaPQ)EBC4790485(OCoLC)40534764(OCoLC)59391137(nllekb)BRILL9789004320024(EXLCZ)99371000000065233219981209d1999 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe Jewish Bishop and the Chinese Bible S.I.J. Schereschewsky (1831-1906) /by Irene EberLeiden ;Boston :Brill,1999.1 online resource (318 pages) illustrations, mapsStudies in Christian mission,0924-9389 ;volume 2290-04-11266-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminary material -- THE SETTING -- THE EARLY YEARS FROM LITHUANIA TO AMERICA, 1831-1859 -- SHANGHAI, 1859-1862 -- PEKING, 1862-1874 -- YEARS OF ACHIEVEMENT, 1878-1906 -- THE CHINESE OLD TESTAMENT AND NOTES -- THE “TERM QUESTION” -- A SUMMING UP: THE MAN AND THE TEXT -- GLOSSARY OF NAMES AND TERMS MENTIONED IN TEXT -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- STUDIES IN CHRISTIAN MISSION.A study of the life and times of Bishop Place of publication not identifiedJ. Schereschewsky (1831-1906) and his translation of the Hebrew Old Testament into northern vernacular (Mandarin) Chinese. Based largely on archival materials, missionary records and letters, the book includes an analysis of the translated Chinese text together with Schereschewsky's explanatory notes. The book examines his Jewish youth in Eastern Europe, conversion, American seminary study, journey to Shanghai and Beijing, mission routine, the translating committee's work, his tasks as Episcopal bishop in Shanghai and the founding of St. John's University. Concluding chapters analyze the controversial "Term Question" (the Chinese term for God) and Schereschewsky's techniques of translating the Hebrew text. Included are useful discussions of the Old Testament's Chinese reception and the role of this translation for subsequent Bible translating efforts.Studies in Christian mission ;v. 22.Shanghai (China)Church history266/.3/092BEber Irene1929-904322MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910163128603321The Jewish Bishop and the Chinese Bible2867189UNINA