denominations of >dom
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>dom (acc. to Mas<udi -- D] |
Yis`ra>el |
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"that of the Kushan, or ordinary Samaritans (="Kuthim"), and |
Kus^, as the tribe of the wife of Mos^eh, is supposed to be [short for] the Kus^an of H.BQWQ 3:7 |
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that of the Dostan (Dositheans ...)" |
"two names, "Dosion and Dosthion," are also mentioned (Ab. R. N., ed. Schechter, p. 37; compare "Shibbole ha-Leqet," ed. Buber, p. 266)" (D) [= Dis^o^n & Dis^an, BR>S^YT 36:21, 30) |
Yu:an-fan = Dositheus
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Tso Tz>u = Yu:an-fan of Lu-c^ian, An-hwei (GChI, pp. 76-78; SSShCh, pp. 49-51) |
Lao Dan |
S^amaritan |
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miraculous fishing of perch-fish |
fish in water, as soul in body (SWA 32:2-5) |
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miraculous provision of wine |
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becoming a sheep "standing erect" |
seller of black sheep (GD, p. 268) |
the "Standing One" |
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Gu is "vague and indistinct" (SWA 39:8) |
"Simon's body as if it were smoke." (acc. to Clement) (D,E) |
[S^amaritans deny resurrection to decayed bodies: so also do the Chinese.]
So, the transmission of the Chinese religious culture into Yis`ra>el is likely to have been (entering through the gulf of <aqaba) by way of >dom.
GChI = Lionel Giles: A Gallery of Chinese Immortals. London: John Murray,1948
SSShCh = Roger Blackwell Bailey: A Study of the Sou Shen Chi. PhD Diss, IN U., 1966
SWA = Livia Kohn (translator): Taoist Mystical Philosophy: the Scripture of Western Ascension. State U. of NY Pr, 1991
GD = Livia Kohn: God of the Dao. Center for Chinese Studies, U. of MI, 1998
D = "Dositheus" in Jewish Encyclopaedia http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=453&letter=D