Ultimo aggiornamento: 11 maggio 2021

Brook K.A.

The Jews of Khazaria

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Lanham (Maryland) 2006

352 pp.

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The Jews of Khazaria recounts the eventful history of the Turkic kingdom of Khazaria, which was located in eastern Europe and flourished as an independent state from about 650 to 1016. This volume traces the development of the Khazars from their early beginnings as a tribe to the decline and fall of their kingdom. It demonstrates that Khazaria had manufacturing industries, trade routes, an organized judicial system, and a diverse population. It also examines the many migrations of the Khazar people into Hungary, Ukraine, and other areas of Europe and their subsequent assimilation, providing the most comprehensive treatment of this complex issue to date. The final chapter enumerates the Jewish communities of eastern Europe which sprung up after the fall of Khazaria and proposes that the Jews from the former Russian Empire are descended from a mixture of Khazar Jews, German Jews, Greek Jews, and Slavs.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 2 Introduction

Chapter 3 The Origins of the Khazars

Chapter 4 The Cities and Towns of the Khazars Government

Chapter 6 The Khazar Way of Life

Chapter 7 Khazarian Trade

Chapter 8 The Khazars’ Conversion to Judaism

Chapter 9 Relations between the Khazars and Other Peoples

Chapter 10 The Decline and Fall of the Khazar Empire

Chapter 11 The Diaspora of the Khazars

Chapter 12 Eastern and Central European Jews after the Tenth Century

Chapter 13 Appendix A: Timeline of Khazar History

Chapter 14 Appendix B: Glossary

Chapter 15 Appendix C: Native Khazar Personal Names

Chapter 16 Appendix D: Other Instances of Conversion to Judaism in History

Chapter 17 Bibliography

Chapter 18 Index 

Chapter 19 About the Author

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