The Jews of Khazaria - Softcover

Brook, Kevin Alan

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ISBN 10: 0765762129 ISBN 13: 9780765762122

Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc., 2002

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The Jews of Khazaria recounts the eventful history of the Kingdom of Khazaria, which was located in Eastern Europe and flourished as an independent state from about the year 650 to the year 1016. In the ninth century, the Khazarian royalty and nobility, as well as a significant portion of the Khazarian population embraced the Jewish religion. This volume traces the develpment of the Khazars from their early beginnings as a tribe to the decline and fall of their kingdom. 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 Jews of Khazaria draws upon the latest archival, linguistic, and archaeological discoveries. Ashkenazic Jews who wish to explore their distant ancestry in eastern Europe will benefit from reading this book.

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February 2018 update: Chapter 10's statement about Polish women contributing to Ashkenazic DNA was further confirmed, as the book went to press, by the discovery of the Ashkenazic mtDNA haplogroup J1c7a in the Kowalewko cemetery in Iron Age Poland (data gathered for the study "A mosaic genetic structure of the human population living in the South Baltic region during the Iron Age").

About the Author:

Kevin Alan Brook is an historian in Connecticut who has researched the Khazars since 1993. He has contributed articles about the Khazars to The Encyclopaedia of Judaism Supplement One (2003) and The Turks, Vol. 1 (2002). His article "The Origins of East European Jews" appeared in volume 30 of the journal Russian History/Histoire Russe. Since 1995, Brook has maintained the website of the American Center of Khazar Studies (Khazaria.com).

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