Luminous Way to the East

Foreword

Preface

Abbreviations

PART ONE: A History of Encounters

"The Luminous Breeze Blew Eastward": The Church of the East from Persia to China

"The Brilliant Teaching Turned toward the Tang Empire": The Christian Presence in China between 635 and 845

"The Scriptures Were Translated": The First Christian Texts in Chinese


PART TWO: The Texts in Translation

Notes on Sources

Text A: "Stele of the Diffusion of the Luminous Teaching of Da Qin in China"

Text B: "Hymn in Praise of the Salvation Achieved through the Three Majesties of the Luminous Teaching" and "Book of the Honored"

Text C: "Discourse on the One God"

Text D: "Book of the Lord Messiah"

Text E: "Book on Profound and Mysterious Blessedness"

Text F: "Book of the Luminous Teaching of Da Qin on Unveiling the Origin and Attaining the Foundation"

Bibliography

Index of Names, Texts, and Manuscripts

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