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Thirteenth Tribe, The: The Khazar Empire and Its Heritage by Arthur Koestler - 1976

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Thirteenth Tribe, The: The Khazar Empire and Its Heritage

by Arthur Koestler

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The Thirteenth Tribe is a ground breaking work of great importance, if only because it has shaped the way that people think about The Jews. It is based on the theory that European Jews, Ashkenazi Jews from Europe, are not descendants of Abraham but rather are the remnants of a tribe, the Khazars, that converted to Judaism in the Eighth Century. We know little about the Khazars, but we do know for certain that they existed and that they were Jewish. The Jews, Russians, Georgians and Armenians all wrote about the Khazars, but the Khazars left no literature, no books. This was perhaps because the Khazars existed during the Dark Ages, a period from which few books survive today. Koestler's thesis is that while the Khazars as a unified tribe may have disappeared, their descendants survived, only that they were no longer known as the Khazars. Instead, these people are now Eastern European Jews and they continue to live in the same places where the Khazars lived such as in Kiev and Odessa. The view of Arthur Koestler who himself was Jewish is that none of the mass movements of the Jewish people happened at all. Rather, the Jews stayed in exactly the same place where they have been all along because the Eastern European Jews are the Khazars. They are the same people. Just their name has been changed. Which is more logical: The Traditional Jewish view or Arthur Koestler's theory.

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  • Edition 1st American Ed 1st Prtg.
  • Binding Hardcover
  • ISBN 10 0394402847
  • ISBN 13 9780394402840
  • Publisher Random House
  • Place of Publication New York, NY
  • Date Published 1976
  • Keywords Essays History
  • Size 255 Pages

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New York : Random House, No date. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Octavo (standard book size). One map illustration. The book traces the history of the ancient Khazar Empire, a major but forgotten power in Eastern Europe and an empire which, when dispersed, then formed the cradle of Western Jewry according to the author. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 255 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Anthropology; European Anthropology ; ISBN: 0394402847. ISBN/EAN: 9780394402840. Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51845. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy Edges very… Read More
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