The Story of a Stele China's Nestorian Monument and Its Reception in the West, 1625-1916 /
Keevak, Michael,1962-
The thesis of this book is that when Westerners discussed the Nestorian monument they were not really talking about China at all.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; The Story of a Stele - China's Nestorian Monument and Its Reception in the West, 1625-1916; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; PROLOGUE. The Story of a Stone; 1. A Stone Discovered; 2. The Century of Kircher; 3. Eighteenth-Century Problems and Controversies; 4. The Return of the Missionaries; EPILOGUE. The Da Qin Temple; Notes; Works Cited; Index
The thesis of this book is that when Westerners discussed the Nestorian monument they were not really talking about China at all.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-186) and index.
Description based on print version record.
Church of the East
Nestorian tablet of Sian-fu.
Church of the East members
Christian antiquities