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The Khazars were a people who converted to Judaism. Yair Davidiy from the Brit-Am Movement of the Ten Tribes quotes contemporary sources proving that the Khazars were descended from Hebrew Tribes. |
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"The Khazars. Tribe 13" 
| The Khazars were Hebrews. The Khazars were prominent from the 500s CE to ca. 960 CE after which they continued to exist until the 1200s. The Khazars were probably assimilated amongst the Jewish People. The Khazars converted to Judaism and were accepted as equals by the Jews. The question is whether or not the Khazars were of Israelite Origin who returned to their ancestral faith or simply non-Israelite Gentiles who converted to Judaism? |
Our studies show that,
The Khazars were descended from the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel.
Our entire book, "The Khazars. Tribe 13" is dedicated to proving the Israelite
origin of the Khazars.
http://www.britam.org/Khazarbook.html
We are not going to go through this work here but rather indicate a few points
of interest.
Jewish Sources
Eldad HaDani, himself a Khazar, said the Khazars came from Simeon and Manasseh.
The Schecter Text
The Schecter Text is interesting since it was written by a Khazar and seems to
combine claims to Israelite Origin with some Gentile Ancestry:
The Schecter Text mentions an origin from Simeon.
Akton De Mar Yaakov
This Midrashic-Rabbinical source says that Jews from the Tribe of
Simeon settled amongst the Khazars. They later returned to their Jewish faith
bringing their Khazar neighbors with them. This source reflects in summarized
form the account of the Schecter Text.
##While the sons of Gomer became idolaters their brother Kuzar stood up and rebuked them. Said the Almighty unto him, By your life! I will reward you! Immediately Kuzar was separated from his brothers and went to the Land of Kuzaria. The Almighty arranged matters that the Children of Simeon should come in to his land. His children [of Kuzar] intermarried with the Sons of Jacob, they became righteous converts, and their fame went out into the world. ##
The Midrash Ten Exiles says they came from Simeon;
So too, the medieval Chronicles of Jerahmeel mention Khazar origins from Judah
and Simeon; from Issachar, Ephraim, Manasseh and Zebulon.
The Cochin Scroll gives the Khazar origin as from Simeon and Manasseh.
Historical details from the Cochin Scroll tie in with the Geography of Ptolemy
that lists tribes with names of Israelite clans from Simeon and Manasseh in
areas where the Scroll says they should be, by the Caspian Sea shores etc.
The Cochin Scroll tells us that some of Simeon and Manasseh settled in the
Khazar kingdom to the west and east of the Caspian Sea. Others of the Ten Tribes
migrated eastward. Members of the Tribes of Simeon, Ephraim, and Manasseh
settled the area of Margiana (i.e. Merv, north of Hara) east of the Caspian.
For details, See our book "The Tribes".
http://britam.org/the-Tribes.html
A letter from King Joseph of Khazaria says that the Khazars were
descended from Togarma son of Gomer son of Japhet son of Noah. Togarmah
represents the Turks. We have shown that this sentence in the Letter of King
Joseph is an interpolation i.e. a later insertion.
Non-Jewish Sources
Arab sources (Ibn Fadlan, Maquadasisi, Ibn Hawkal, Masudi) identify the Khazars
as Jews.
The Russian Chronicle and Russian folklore also identify Khazars as
Hebrews or as Jews [The most frequently used word in Medieval Russian for Jew
was "Hebrew"].
The Khazars were identified in Germany with the Red Jews meaning the Lost Ten
Tribes.
The Khazars were located in areas where the Lost Ten Tribes had been exiled to.
The Ruling House of the Khazars in Arabic was named the House of Jesse i.e. of
David son of Jesse. It was the same dynasty that ruled over the Parthians and
Goths. "Yishai" (i.e. Jesse) was the father of David (Ruth 4:17) and the
expression, "Son of Jesse" is a common synonym for David and/or the Lineage of
David (e.g. 1-Kings 12:16 2-Chronicles 10:16, 2-Samuel 20:1). If the Khazar
Monarchs did descend from David then so did the rulers over Parthia and the
Kings of the Goths. The Arsacid rulers of Parthia were called "Ansis"(9. Altheim)
and the rulers of the Goths "Ansa" (10 Jordanes). These in turn were related to
the various kings over the Tribes of Scythia. The Kings of the Israelite nations
in Scythia gave rise to the kings of peoples of the west such as the Angles,
Saxons, and Jutes and related nations.
Geographical Identifications
We may also add to our list of sources affirming an Israelite origin
for the Khazars identifications of Khazar Areas being those of the Lost Ten
Tribes. Jewish tradition places the Lost Ten Tribes in areas such as beyond and
beside the Sambation River, in the mountains of Darkness, the Mountains of Snow,
etc. These regions were usually those where the Khazars were to be found. The
Sambation River was the Don, or in some version the neighboring Dneister River.
The Mountains of Darkness and the Mountains of Snow were terms applied to the
Caucasus Region. Adiabene had been a place to which Israelites were taken by the
Assyrians. All of these areas were points of origin of the Khazar Peoples.
Khazars
Equated with Jews
Avraham N. Polak pointed out that the name "Chuzariah" ("Khazariah")
was mainly a term applied by outsiders. After their conversion the Khazars
referred to themselves as Jews. Popular Russian Epics did not use the
appellation "Khazariah" but rather "Land of the Hebrews [Jews]". Neither did
Jewish (and earlier European) tradition know them as Khazars but as "Red Jews".
Polak points out that when we do find use made of the name Khazaria (and we
usually find it used by outsiders rather than the people themselves) it applies
to all Jews (native Khazars or Jewish immigrants) without distinction. The term
Khazar was frequently interchanged with the simple term "Jew" or "Hebrew". [In
fact one possible meaning of the term "Khazar" is "wanderer" i.e. the same as
"Hebrew".]
See also:
The Khazars, Manasseh, and the USA.
The Khazars were part of the Lost Tribes.
See also:
The Khazars and Scotts: List of Articles on the Khazars.
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