Did Christianity (or Judaism)
Arrive in 1st Century China?
by Glen L. Thompson
In the past decade or so
there have been numerous reports
both from China and in the West
claiming that Christian and Jewish communities
existed in first-century China.
Usually, these refer to artifacts
along the so-called Eastern Silk Route
that connected the Han Dynasty capital of Luoyang
with the East China Sea.
This lecture will examine the evidence
in particular from Kaifeng, Xuzhou,
and Lianyungang which others have cited
for the spread of the two religions into China
during that time.
These theories will then be evaluated
in light of what is known about
travel and trade between the Roman Empire
and China during the period highlighted
in the current exhibition
at Asia Society Hong Kong Center.
Glen L. Thompson currently serves as
Academic Dean and Professor
of New Testament and Historical Theology
at Asia Lutheran Seminary (Hong Kong).
He earned a M.Div. from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary,
and M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees
from Columbia University in Graeco-Roman History.
He has published and lectured extensively
on early Christianity and its spread,
as well as Christianity in Tang China.
His latest book, The Correspondence of Julius I,
has just been published
by Catholic University of America Press.
Evening Lecture by AARON WEST,
Lecturer, Hebrew and Old Testament
and GLEN L. THOMPSON,
Professor of New Testament and Historical Theology,
Asia Lutheran Seminary (Hong Kong)
Registration at 6.15pm
Lecture 1 & Q&A at 6.30pm
Lecture 2 & Q&A at 7.15pm
Close at 8pm
http://asiasociety.org/hong-kong/events/copying-bible-qumran-and-christianity-1st-century-china
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