Re: [tied] Re: Croatian: Etymology

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From: Pavel Iosad

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Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 1:30 PM

Subject: RE: [tied] Re: Croatian: Etymology

Hello everyone,

This is my first post, so sorry for any slips ,

As far as my knowledge of the Khazar Caganate (not Khanate, definitely) lasts, the Khazars were a people akin to the Mongols. They established a powerful state around the 8th century in the North Caucasus and lower Volga. However, the country was subject to an influx of Jews due to its strategic position, and finally the state authority passed to the Jews.

The "original" Khazars couldn't possibly become Judaists, since Judaism is not a proselitic religion (you can't become a Jew unless you're the child of a Jewess).

The power of the state passed to the offspring of Jewesses and Khazar nobility, and the hereder Khazars lost all rights. The Caganate was crushed by the Kiev princes only in the beginning of the 10th century.

Regards,

Pavel

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From: Mark Odegard [mailto:markodegard@...]
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 4:36 PM
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Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Croatian: Etymology

From: John Croft

Interesting from a Biblical mythology point of view.  Strange how the
"kurgan fact" parallels "medieval myth".  In modern times, Arthur
Koestler also tried similarly to connect Ashkenazi Jews to the
medieval Jewish Khazar Khanate.

 

Tried to connect?  It's my understanding that the Khazarian influx, mixing with Sephardim originating from the west, has been proven by genetic testing. The Khazars, from my reading, were quite fair.