ISBN:
9789047421450
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (vi, 459 p)
,
ill., maps
,
25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Year of publication:
2007
Series Statement:
Handbook of Oriental Studies v. 17
Series Statement:
Sect. 8, Central Asia
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles 2007
Parallel Title:
Print version The World of the Khazars : New Perspectives
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Handbook of Oriental studies ; Sect. 8, Vol. 17: Central Asia: The world of the Khazars
DDC:
947.5/201
Keywords:
Khazars Congresses History
;
Khazars Congresses History
;
Chazaren
;
Konferenzschrift 1999
;
Chasaren
;
Chasarenreich
Abstract:
The Khazar Empire (ca 650 - ca 965-969), was one of the largest states of medieval Eurasia. Turkic in origin, it played a key role in the history of the peoples of Rus', medieval Hungary and the Caucasus. In the ninth century, the Khazars converted to Judaism. This book sheds light on many unanswered questions regarding the Khazar Empire
Description / Table of Contents:
Abbreviations; Introduction; Opening Remarks (Haggai Ben-Shammai); Khazar Studies: Achievements and Perspectives (Peter B. Golden); The Alans: Neighbours of the Khazars in the Caucasus (Irina A. Arzhantseva); The Khazar Language (Marcel Erdal); New Findings Relating to Hebrew Epigraphic Sources from the Crimea, with an Appendix on the Readings in King Joseph's Letter (Artem Fedorchuk); The Conversion of the Khazars to Judaism (Peter B. Golden); Byzantine Sources for Khazar History (James Howard-Johnston); Al-Khazar wa-'l-Saqâliba: Contacts and Conflicts? (Tatiana Kalinina)
Description / Table of Contents:
The Economy of the Khazar Khaganate (Thomas S. Noonan)Khazaria and Rus': An Examination of their Historical Relations (Vladimir Petrukhin); The Khazars and the Magyars (András Róna-Tas); The Khazar Motif in the Kuzari of Judah Halevi (Eliezer Schweid); Iranian Sources on the Khazars (Dan Shapira); Armenian and Georgian Sources on the Khazars: A Re-Evaluation (Dan Shapira); The Story of a Euphemism: The Khazars in Russian Nationalist Literature (Victor Shnirelman); The Khazars and the World of Islam (David Wasserstein)
Description / Table of Contents:
Yiddish Evidence for the Khazar Component in the Ashkenazic Ethnogenesis (Paul Wexler)The Khazars and Byzantium-The First Encounter (Constantine Zuckerman); Select Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [433]-445) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004160422.i-460
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