Donald Leslie Baker

The Diffused Story of the Footwashing in John 13

History & Biography

“With her meticulous analysis of the many ways missionaries and their local converts in China translated the biblical story of Jesus washing the feet of his apostles, Yanrong Chen excavates the history of Christianity in East Asia from a new, and enlightening, angle. By showing how much a translation is influenced by the audience it is translated for, she also enhances our understanding of translations as cross-cultural interactions everywhere they occur.”