Bringing Forth Treasures New and Old: Xu Caibai, a Forgotten Chinese Jesuit Bible Translator

Although the recent rediscovery of a manuscript containing a translation of the Four Gospels into literary Chinese by Fr. Xu Caibai, a nineteenth-century Chinese priest who joined the Society of Jesus in 1862 and left it to become a diocesan priest in 1884, has given rise to renewed interest toward...

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1. VerfasserIn: Moss, Michael E. (Verfasst von)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: 2026
In: Journal of Jesuit studies
Jahr: 2026, Band: 13, Heft: 1, Seiten: 52-74
weitere Schlagwörter:B Xu Caibai
B Translation Studies
B Translation
B Manuel Dias
B Bible
B Chinese
B Vulgate
B Jesuits
B Xu Bin
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