The Jews of Khazaria

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Rowman & Littlefield, 9. velj 2018. - Broj stranica: 374
The Jews of Khazaria explores the history and culture of Khazaria—a large empire in eastern Europe (located in present-day Ukraine and Russia) in the early Middle Ages noted for its adoption of the Jewish religion. The third edition of this modern classic features new and updated material throughout, including new archaeological findings, new genetic evidence, and new information about the migration of the Khazars./span
The Jews of Khazaria tells the compelling true story of this kingdom past.
 

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1 The Origins of the Khazars
1
2 The Cities and Towns of the Khazars
19
3 The Structure of the Khazar Government
45
4 The Khazar Way of Life
55
5 Khazarian Trade
67
6 The Khazars Conversion to Judaism
77
7 Relations between the Khazars and Other Peoples
109
8 The Decline and Fall of the Khazar Empire
133
Appendix A
219
Appendix B
225
Appendix C
231
Appendix D
235
Notes
251
Bibliography
311
Index
335
About the Author
357

9 The Diaspora of the Khazars
143
10 Eastern and Central European Jews after the Tenth Century
171

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O autoru (2018)

Kevin Alan Brook is an American historian and genetic genealogy consultant who has researched the Khazars since 1993. He contributed an article about the Khazars to The Encyclopaedia of Judaism, second edition, and wrote an introduction for Rabbi Daniel Korobkin's translation of The Kuzari. He also researches Sephardic Jewish migrations throughout the world and the presence of Jewish ancestry among Latin Americans, Sicilians, and Slavs. His website is Khazaria.com.

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