The Earliest Statements of Christian Faith in China? A Critique of the Conventional Chronology of <i>The Messiah Sutra</i> and <i>On One God</i>Sungkyun Journal of East Asian StudiesSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/49LLZMWW/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.JianqiangSunThe Earliest Statements of Christian Faith in China? A Critique of the Conventional Chronology of <i>The Messiah Sutra</i> and <i>On One God</i>http://syriaca.org/cbss/49LLZMWWhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/49LLZMWWhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/49LLZMWWSungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies18:22018133-152This paper is the first systematic critique of the conventional chronology of the so-called earliest statements of Christian faith in China, The Messiah Sutra 序聽迷詩所經 and On One God 一神論, which are believed to have been translated into Chinese by the first Christian missionary to the country Aluoben 阿羅本 around the 640s. To achieve this, it has surveyed the early publications and re-read the alleged textual and historical clues. The paper reveals that the common arguments accepted since the 1920s are plagued with defects and that therefore the conventional chronology does not withstand scrutiny. The significance of this paper lies in proposing to reconsider not only the traditional dates of these two documents but the conclusions derived therefrom. Based on some clues, this paper also speculates that The Messiah Sutra and On One God might be two of the latest ancient Chinese Christian sources.
Sun, Jianqiang. “The Earliest Statements of Christian Faith in China? A Critique of the Conventional Chronology of The Messiah Sutra and On One God.” Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies 18:2 (2018): 133–52.
Jianqiang Sun, The Earliest Statements of Christian Faith in China? A Critique of the Conventional Chronology of The Messiah Sutra and On One God,” Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies 18:2 (2018): 133–52.AlopenNestoriansSyriac influence [China]VII CEVII-XVIII CEtranslations from Syriactranslations into Chinese