The Jews at K'ae-Fung-Foo
George Smith
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Description
In 1851 the Right Reverend George Smith, Bishop of Victoria, published his account of a mission of inquiry to the Jewish community at Kaifeng, China. He traveled for the London Society for Promoting Christianity Among the Jews, which wanted firsthand word of that distant colony.
Smith describes the synagogue at Kaifeng, its Torah scrolls, and the customs of a community that had lived in China for centuries with little outside contact. His party questioned local Jews and recorded what remained of their Hebrew learning. The narrative is a rare Western eyewitness report on one of the world's most isolated Jewish settlements.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | George Smith |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | DECLASSIFIED |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 167,843 bytes |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Internet Archive |