Synagogue in K’ai-fêng (Kaifeng, China)

Jean Domenge

1722

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Jean Domenge

1666–1735

Jean Domenge was a French Jesuit priest. Fluent in Hebrew and Mandarin, he spent the years from 1698 until his death in China as a missionary, with a special interest in Kaifeng’s Jewish community.

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