From “Here” to Persia: The Place of Authorship of the Ancient Chinese Christian Manuscript <i>Yishen Lun</i> (<i>Discourse on God</i>)Journal of Chinese TheologySyriaca.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/EFC44IK9/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.DavidTamFrom “Here” to Persia: The Place of Authorship of the Ancient Chinese Christian Manuscript <i>Yishen Lun</i> (<i>Discourse on God</i>)http://syriaca.org/cbss/EFC44IK9https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/EFC44IK9https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/EFC44IK9Journal of Chinese Theology820229-34The seventh century Chinese Christian manuscript <i>Yishen lun</i> (<i>Discourse on God</i>) is not what Jingjiao scholarship has said it is, i.e., an Aluoben document composed in Chang’an. This article explains why and examines information available in the text, including the political and social structure of the place of authorship, unusual terms such as <i>zuoren</i>, <i>gǒu</i> and <i>dié</i>, and localization details such as the fabric used for Jesus’ burial and the modification of analogies, and arrives at the conclusion that it was written in the <i>Xiyu </i>(Western Region), at a place such as <i>Gaochang </i>(Turfan). Similarity in language between <i>Yishen lun</i> and other manuscripts from Dunhuang and Turfan also lends support to this view.
Tam, David. “From ‘Here’ to Persia: The Place of Authorship of the Ancient Chinese Christian Manuscript Yishen Lun (Discourse on God).” Journal of Chinese Theology 8 (2022): 9–34. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1163/27726606-20220007.
David Tam, From ‘Here’ to Persia: The Place of Authorship of the Ancient Chinese Christian Manuscript Yishen Lun (Discourse on God),” Journal of Chinese Theology 8 (2022): 9–34, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1163/27726606-20220007.NestoriansSyriac influence [China]TurfanVII CEVII-XVIII CE