This book details the great unreported story of the Chinese giant and its enormously rapid conversion to Christianity and what this change means to the global balance of power.

This book details the great unreported story of the Chinese giant and its enormously rapid conversion to Christianity and what this change means to the global balance of power.

Reconstructions of Jesus occurred in Asia long before the Western search for the historical Jesus began in earnest. This enterprise sprang up in seventh-century China and seventeenth-century India, encouraged by the patronage and openness of the Chinese and Indian imperial courts. While the Western quest was largely a Protestant preoccupation, in Asia the search was marked by i...(展开全部)

In the 1990s, as China continues to embrace—and grapple with—the global market economy, Qiu Shui and his friends attend med school, an ambition that has more to do with getting out of the country than with actually becoming doctors. Following the exploits of a young student and his classmates, from drinking binges, sex, and playing video games all night to military training, ho...(展开全部)

In the 1990s, as China continues to embrace—and grapple with—the global market economy, Qiu Shui and his friends attend med school, an ambition that has more to do with getting out of the country than with actually becoming doctors. Following the exploits of a young student and his classmates, from drinking binges, sex, and playing video games all night to military training, ho...(展开全部)

A runaway besteller in China, sold in 15+ countries, this delightfully honest and humorous account gives a face and voice to the silent majority. Think Nomadland crossed with Nickel and Dimed through a contemporary lens of Asian philosophy about the nature of work. In 2023, I Deliver Parcels in Beijing became a literary sensation of the year in China. The story of a worker doin...(展开全部)

If China were an opera singer, she'd look to Beijing for inspiration. Dynamic and historic, this grand city will inspire you, too. Lose yourself in wonder at the most splendid, jaw-dropping sights - the Forbidden City, the Great Wall of China. Then there's Beijing's centuries-long history, played out on the streets every day. Ever discerning, Best of Beijing selects the be...(展开全部)

The teachings of Jesus, their differences with those of his contemporaries, and their representation in modern Christian churches are discussed from the point of view of an unbiased historian

迄今为止，拉尔夫・伊利斯已经出版了两个系列涉及考古学和神学主题的普及型专著，分别是《透特――宇宙的建筑师》和《K2――导解众神》、《耶稣――最后的法老》和《大风暴与出埃及》。这两套书甫一面市即轰动学界，震惊世人。特别在《耶稣――最后的法治》一书中，拉尔夫伊利斯以其丰富的神学、埃及学、犹太学、考古学、语言学和天文学知识，对《圣经》做出了大胆的全新诠释，惊世骇俗地勾勒出一幅背离正史的生动画卷，令人耳目一新，启迪无限思维。在《圣经》影响深远厚重的欧美国家里，此书以其巨大的冲击力当之无愧地成为了上榜畅销书，并引发了重新认识西方宗教本质和起源的风潮。2002年底，伊利斯更是集中最新考古发现的成果，发表了400页的史诗般作品《所罗门―示巴女王之鹰》，它重写了《圣经》的和世俗的历史，被称为是有史以来出版的观点最激进、结论最惊人的《圣经》历史专著。