{"product_id":"jie-j-299-ng-shu-333-wen-a-comparative-sinitic-semitic-lexicography-volume-two-paperback","title":"Jiè J\u0026#299;ng Shu\u0026#333; Wén: A Comparative Sinitic-Semitic Lexicography, Volume Two - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Franklin Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn AD 635 a monk named Āluóběn came to the Táng capital of Cháng'ān. He had crossed the Sasanian and Chinese realms with no army and no \"civilizing mission.\" He came with a book. The text that came out of his school, the \u003cem\u003eSutta of Beginning to Hear the Messiah\u003c\/em\u003e, tried to speak of the God of Scripture in Middle Chinese. It describes a God whose face can no more be seen than the wind can be grasped. This is a God no one can own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume Two of Jiè Jīng Shuō Wén uses that sutta to link two textual worlds. It has forty-four entries, and each pairs a Chinese character with a Semitic root: 眾 with the murmuring multitude, 風 with the spirit, 有 with inheritance, 居 with dwelling, and 心 with the heart. In each entry Cooper traces the character from oracle bone to regular script. He reads it through the Five Classics and sets it beside the Hebrew, Aramaic-Syriac, Arabic and Greek of the Scriptures. Many of the words in this volume have to do with possession, inheritance and rule. They lead back to one question: who owns whom?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is also a sharp critique. Cooper takes on Western scholars who would claim Āluóběn as \"ours.\" He also challenges the Sòng-Míng Rationalist school, which made Confucius a mouthpiece for a landlord class. Against both, he argues that the Classics and the Scriptures speak with one voice: every human endeavor is passing, and judgment belongs to Heaven.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 19, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67972782817587,"sku":"9781601910738","price":58.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/CcLYMqXM1q9781601910738.webp?v=1794433910","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/jie-j-299-ng-shu-333-wen-a-comparative-sinitic-semitic-lexicography-volume-two-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}