This essay serves to introduce the structure and master themes of this Handbook, which showcases critical-descriptive evidence and the creative impact of the Bible in China and to the world. After a brief stocktaking of the Chinese Bible, the essay sets the agenda by explaining four synchronizing and transformative moves of the Chinese Bible: its translation into China’s languages and dialects; its expression in Chinese literary and religious contexts; its interpretation methods; and its reception in the institutions and arts of China. The essay ends with reflections on three critical issues of the significant role of the Bible over thirteen centuries of Chinese history and Chinese cultures. It also seeks to examine the thesis that, while the Bible is an ancient text, it is not a relic of the past, and the culturally enlivened Chinese Bible has been a living text for China.
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