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Books by Alexis Balmont

Le christianisme chinois du haut Moyen Age, 2025

To be published on 6th February 2025 in Paris, France. This book, which is based on my PhD re... more To be published on 6th February 2025 in Paris, France.

This book, which is based on my PhD research, contributes to the recent academic debates concerning the authenticity, dating and attribution of the Takakushu and Tomioka manuscripts from the Tonkō hikyū collection 敦煌祕笈 (« secret collections of Dunhuang ») of the Kyōu shooku Library. (杏雨書屋藏) from Osaka, Japan (n°459 and 460), containing the Discourse on the One-God (Yishenlun 一神論) and the Classic of the Listening of the Messiah (Xuting Mishisuo jing序聽迷詩所經). Prior to the year 2000, these two Chinese Christian texts were accepted as authentic and dated to the 7th century; however, they are now regarded with a degree of scepticism. This study employs a synchronic approach, examining all seven extant Chinese Christian texts, to identify new internal elements that substantiate their authenticity. It calls into question the widely accepted presupposition of the historical continuity of a single Christian community at the origin of all texts, proposing a new nomenclature for the corpus. The study is founded upon a critical edition and an annotated working translation of the seven Chinese Christian texts dated between 635 and 1006.

Le christianisme chinois du haut Moyen Age, 2025

To be published on 6th February 2025 in Paris, France. This book, which is based on my PhD re... more To be published on 6th February 2025 in Paris, France.

This book, which is based on my PhD research, contributes to the recent academic debates concerning the authenticity, dating and attribution of the Takakushu and Tomioka manuscripts from the Tonkō hikyū collection 敦煌祕笈 (« secret collections of Dunhuang ») of the Kyōu shooku Library. (杏雨書屋藏) from Osaka, Japan (n°459 and 460), containing the Discourse on the One-God (Yishenlun 一神論) and the Classic of the Listening of the Messiah (Xuting Mishisuo jing序聽迷詩所經). Prior to the year 2000, these two Chinese Christian texts were accepted as authentic and dated to the 7th century; however, they are now regarded with a degree of scepticism. This study employs a synchronic approach, examining all seven extant Chinese Christian texts, to identify new internal elements that substantiate their authenticity. It calls into question the widely accepted presupposition of the historical continuity of a single Christian community at the origin of all texts, proposing a new nomenclature for the corpus. The study is founded upon a critical edition and an annotated working translation of the seven Chinese Christian texts dated between 635 and 1006.