I live in a large senior community in Florida and was asked if I wanted to create a church service in the community center. A few folks know how well I understand the Bible and are tired of the original 'same old stuff' service. I have avoided going to church for many decades, but the offer is tempting. Mine would be a White-centric fellowship. Yes, that is in the Bible, but no churches dare touch that.
Aaaaaactually, record say that the Khazarians were a nomadic Turkic people who, in the late 6th century AD, establishing a major commercial empire covering the southeastern section of modern European Russia, southern Ukraine, Crimea, and Kazakhstan.
The ruling elite of the Khazars was said by Judah Halevi and Abraham ibn Daud to have converted to Rabbinic Judaism in the 8th century, but the scope of the conversion to Judaism within the Khazar Khanate remains uncertain. The late 19th century saw the emergence of a theory that the core of today's Ashkenazi Jews are descended from a hypothetical Khazarian Jewish diaspora that migrated westward from modern-day Russia and Ukraine into modern-day France and Germany.
After their conversion it is reported that they adopted the Hebrew script. Also, look at some names her: According to the Schechter Text, the Khazar ruler King (((Benjamin))), son of (((King Menahem))) fought a battle against the allied forces of five lands whose moves were perhaps encouraged by Byzantium. Although Benjamin was victorious, his son (((Aaron))) II faced another invasion, suffering losses. Also this: The Khazar rulers closed the passage down the Volga to the Rus', sparking a war. In the early 960s, Khazar ruler (((Joseph))) wrote to Hasdai ibn Shaprut about the deterioration of Khazar relations with the Rus'.
It's all there. Khazars converted to judaism, took jewish names and lived in and around Ukraine. When their empire fell, they changed their name to Ashkenazi for their own reasons. Centuries later, when Genghis Khan started pushing, many fled into other European nations.
The Karaite philologist David ben Abraham al-Fāsi, writing around the turn of the millennium, identified Ashkenaz as the ancestor of the Khazars.
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Aaaaaactually, record say that the Khazarians were a nomadic Turkic people who, in the late 6th century AD, establishing a major commercial empire covering the southeastern section of modern European Russia, southern Ukraine, Crimea, and Kazakhstan.
The ruling elite of the Khazars was said by Judah Halevi and Abraham ibn Daud to have converted to Rabbinic Judaism in the 8th century, but the scope of the conversion to Judaism within the Khazar Khanate remains uncertain. The late 19th century saw the emergence of a theory that the core of today's Ashkenazi Jews are descended from a hypothetical Khazarian Jewish diaspora that migrated westward from modern-day Russia and Ukraine into modern-day France and Germany.
After their conversion it is reported that they adopted the Hebrew script. Also, look at some names her: According to the Schechter Text, the Khazar ruler King (((Benjamin))), son of (((King Menahem))) fought a battle against the allied forces of five lands whose moves were perhaps encouraged by Byzantium. Although Benjamin was victorious, his son (((Aaron))) II faced another invasion, suffering losses. Also this: The Khazar rulers closed the passage down the Volga to the Rus', sparking a war. In the early 960s, Khazar ruler (((Joseph))) wrote to Hasdai ibn Shaprut about the deterioration of Khazar relations with the Rus'.
The Karaite philologist David ben Abraham al-Fāsi, writing around the turn of the millennium, identified Ashkenaz as the ancestor of the Khazars.
Go figure!