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"This is a study of the life and times of Bishop S.I.J. Schereschewsky and his translation of the Hebrew Old Testament into northern vernacular (Mandarin) Chinese. Based largely on archival materials, missionary records and letters, the book includes an analysis of the translated Chinese text together with Schereschewsky's explanatory notes. The book examines his Jewish youth in Eastern Europe, conversion, American seminary study, journey to Shanghai and Beijing, mission routine, the translating commitee's work, his tasks as Episcopal bishop in Shanghai and the founding of St. John's University. Concluding chapters analyze the controversial ""Term Question"" (the Chinese term for God) and Schereschewsky's techniques of translating the Hebrew text. Included are useful discussions of the Old Testament's Chinese reception and the role of this translation for subsequent Bible translating efforts."

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'This well researched study opens a window on a major theme of the modern missionary movement.' Wilbert R. Shenk, Church History, 2001. 'E. has written a masterful account...' T.H. Lim, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2000.

' This well researched study opens a window on a major theme of the modern missionary movement.'<br>Wilbert R. Shenk, Church History, 2001.<br>' E. has written a masterful account'<br>T.H. Lim, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2000.<br>

'This well researched study opens a window on a major theme of the modern missionary movement.' Wilbert R. Shenk, Church History, 2001. `E. has written a masterful account...' T.H. Lim, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2000.

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Irene Eber, Ph.D. (1966) in Asian Studies, Claremont Graduate School, is Louis Frieberg Professor of East Asian Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She has published widely on Chinese intellectual history, literature translations in Chinese and on Chinese literature, including Voices from Afar: Modern Chinese Writers on Oppressed Peoples and their Literature (1980).

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