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

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

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
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Holm, Frits,
Place / Publishing House:Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2001]
©2001
Year of Publication:2001
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (380 p.) :; 34
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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