Author: Kevin Alan Brook
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2006-09-27
Total Pages: 331
ISBN-13: 1442203021
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Jews of Khazaria chronicles the history of the Khazars, a people who, in the early Middle Ages, founded a large empire in eastern Europe (located in present-day Ukraine and Russia). The Khazars played a pivotal role in world history. Khazaria was one of the largest-sized political formations of its time, an economic and cultural superpower connected to several important trade routes. It was especially notable for its religious tolerance, and in the 9th century, a large portion of the royal family converted to Judaism. Many of the nobles and commoners did likewise shortly thereafter. After their conversion, the Khazars were ruled by a succession of Jewish kings that began to adopt the hallmarks of Jewish civilization, including the Torah and Talmud, the Hebrew script, and the observance of Jewish holidays. In this thoroughly revised edition of a modern classic, The Jews of Khazaria explores many exciting new discoveries about the Khazars' religious life, economy, military, government, and culture. It builds upon new studies of the Khazars, evaluating and incorporating recent theories, along with new documentary and archaeological findings. The book gives a comprehensive accounting of the cities, towns, and fortresses of Khazaria, and features a timeline summarizing key events in Khazar history.
Author: Boris Zhivkov
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2015-04-29
Total Pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9004294481
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In Khazaria in the Ninth and the Tenth Centuries Boris Zhivkov offers a new view on Khazaria by scrutinizing the different visions offered by recent scholarship.
Author: Kevin Alan Brook
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2018-02-09
Total Pages: 375
ISBN-13: 1538103435
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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. Though little-known today, Khazaria was one of the largest political formations of its time—an economic and cultural power connected to several important trade routes and known for its religious tolerance. After the royal family converted to Judaism in the ninth century, many nobles and common people did likewise. The Khazars were ruled by a succession of Jewish kings and adopted many hallmarks of Jewish civilization, including study of the Torah and Talmud, Hebrew script, and the observance of Jewish holidays. The third edition of The Jews of Khazaria tells the compelling true story of this kingdom past.
Author: Peter Golden
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2007-08-30
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9047421450
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Khazar Empire was one of the major states of medieval Eurasia. Drawing on a variety of disciplines (history, linguistics, archaeology, literary studies), the papers in this volume shed new light on many of the disputed topics in Khazar history.
Author: Michael E. Stone
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2022
Total Pages: 201
ISBN-13: 0197582079
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Ararat" and Armenia in the Bible and associated traditions -- Jews in Armenia in the ancient period (First century BCE - Fifth Century CE) -- The Middle Ages -- Other Armenian-Jewish connections.
Author: Peter B. Golden
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 469
ISBN-13: 9004160426
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Khazar Empire was one of the major states of medieval Eurasia. Drawing on a variety of disciplines (history, linguistics, archaeology, literary studies), the papers in this volume shed new light on many of the disputed topics in Khazar history.
Author: Amy Paulsen-Reed
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021-11-22
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9004430628
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book examines the multiple contexts for the pseudepigraphal Apocalypse of Abraham, including the ancient Jewish milieu in which it was originally written and its medieval Christian Slavic setting.
Author: Michael Terry
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-12-02
Total Pages: 745
ISBN-13: 1135941505
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Reader's Guide to Judaism is a survey of English-language translations of the most important primary texts in the Jewish tradition. The field is assessed in some 470 essays discussing individuals (Martin Buber, Gluckel of Hameln), literature (Genesis, Ladino Literature), thought and beliefs (Holiness, Bioethics), practice (Dietary Laws, Passover), history (Venice, Baghdadi Jews of India), and arts and material culture (Synagogue Architecture, Costume). The emphasis is on Judaism, rather than on Jewish studies more broadly.