My Nestorian Adventure in China: Account of the Holm-Nestorian Expedition / / Frits Holm.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Holm, Frits,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2001]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (380 p.) :; 34
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Illustrations --; INTRODUCTORY LETTER BY PROFESSOR YOHANNAN --; Foreword --; I. ON THE GRAND CANAL IN CHILI --; II. THROUGH SHANTUNG INTO HONAN --; III. FIRST TASTE OF CARAVAN TRAVEL --; IV. ON THE ROAD TO SHENSI --; V. REGIONS OF THE LOESS --; VI. THE ANCIENT CITY OF SIAN-FU --; VII. CHINA'S FOREMOST MONUMENT --; VIII. THE NESTORIAN INSCRIPTION --; IX. CROSSING THE CHINGLING RANGE --; X. A FAST HOUSEBOAT TRIP --; XI. THE VENERABLE CITY OF KAIFENG-FU --; II. TRYING RETURN-JOURNEY TO SIAN-FU --; XIII. SECOND STAY AT SIAN-FU --; XIV. TRANSPORTING A TWO-TON MONUMENT --; XV. RETURN TO THE COAST --; XVI. FATE OF THE REPLICA --; BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463207649; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463207649
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Frits Holm.

The narrative of this book relates the quest to bring a "Nestorian" monument--China's earliest record of Christianity--to the West. Holm vividly describes temples, synagogues and mosques, common natives and Buddhist priests, prisoners, soldiers, and guards.