The Covenant and the Mandate of Heaven

Is Judaism the yang of China's yin?<p>What cultural bonds tied Judaism and China?<p>Israel and China past present and future.<p>These are just some of the topics explored in this book in a historical setting: not Chinese nor Jewish but Chinese AND Jewish. The book compares ancient and contemporary Chinese sources with corresponding Western literature to show that these two cultures balanced each other in a cultural relationship of YIN and YANG: one as a religion that deeply influenced Western cultures and the other in an opposing environment secluded isolated and little understood by outsiders.<p>The book also presents China and Judaism through the eyes of the people who have faithfully followed their tenets since antiquity. Readers will see these two cultures in a new light: not as fossils but as two vibrant cultures tied by invisible bonds to survive and flourish to present day.