Jews on the Silk Road
March 22, 2010
Honestly, the cave of the Thousand Buddhas is full of treasures! I found it interesting that evidence of Jews residing alongside the silk roads had emerged from a secret library in one of the caves. Those caves have helped scholars answer many questions regarding the spread of traditions and religions into other countries. I wonder what happened to the person who seemed to have left the copy of the prayer text written in Hebrew? Stein also appears again, it’s not enough that he brought the scrolls forward, however now he is considered one of the first people to discover the fact that Jews resided on the silk roads as well. Way to go Stein!
Doesn’t it feel as if religions were able to better get along during that period as compared to today? For instance, it seems as if the cave of a thousand Buddhas was not just for Buddhist monks, but travellers from all over the world were able to leave some of their history behind there as well.
