Del 17 i serien Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies

World of the Khazars

New Perspectives. Selected Papers from the Jerusalem 1999 International Khazar Colloquium

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

AvPeter Golden,Haggai Ben-Shammai,András Roná-Tas

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This volume, a product of international collaboration, presents readers with the state of the field in Khazar Studies. The Khazar Empire (ca. 650 - ca. 965-969), one of the largest states of medieval Eurasia, extended from the Middle Volga lands in the north to the Northern Caucasus and Crimea in the south and from the Ukrainians steppelands to the western borders of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in the east. Turkic in origin, it played a key role in the history of the peoples of Rus’, medieval Hungary and the Caucasus. Khazaria became one of the great trans-Eurasian trading terminals connecting the northern forest zones with Byzantium and the Arabian Caliphate. In the ninth century, the Khazars converted to Judaism. This book sheds new light on many unanswered, but fundamental questions regarding the Khazar Empire, so important in medieval Eurasia.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2007-08-13
Mått160 x 240 x 35 mm
Vikt995 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieHandbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies
Antal sidor460
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004160422

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Peter B. Golden, Ph.D (1970) in History, Columbia University, is Professor of History at Rutgers University-Newark. His most recent book is Nomads and Their Neigbours in the Russian Steppe (2003). He has published extensively on Medieval Turkic history.Haggai Ben-Shammai, Ph.D. in Judaeo-Arabic, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is Professor of Arabic at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published extensively on Judaeo-Arabic Bible exegesis and philosophy, Karaites, Islamic theology and exegesis.András Róna-Tas, Ph.D (1957) in Oriental Studies and Cultural Anthropology, is a Professor Emeritus of the University of Szeged. His most recent monograph is Hungarians and Europe in the Early Middle Ages (1999). His publications include Turkology, Mongolistics and Hungarian ancient history.

IntroductionHaggai Ben-Shammai, Opening RemarksPeter B. Golden, Khazars Studies: Achievements and PerspectivesIrina A. Arzhantseva, The Alans: Neighbours of the Khazars in the CaucasusMarcel Erdal, The Khazar LanguageArtem Fedorchuk, New Findings Relating to Hebrew Epigraphic Sources from the Crimea, with an Appendix on the Readings in King Joseph’s LetterPeter B. Golden: The Conversion of the KhazarsJames Howard-Johnston: Byzantine Sources for Khazar HistoryTatiana Kalinina: Al-Khazar wa-`l-Ṣaqâliba: Contacts and Conflicts?Thomas S. Noonan: The Economy of the Khazar KhaganateVladimir Petrukhin: Khazaria and Rus’: An Examination of their Historical RelationsAndrás Róna-Tas: The Khazars and the MagyarsEliezer Shweid: “The Khazar Motif” in the Kuzari of Judah HaleviDan Shapira: Armenian and Georgian Sources on the Khazars: A Re-evaluationDan Shapira: Iranian Sources on the KhazarsVictor Shnirelman: The Story of a Euphemism. The Khazars in Russian Nationalist Literature David Wasserstein: The Khazars and the Islamic World Paul Wexler: Yiddish Evidence for the Khazar Component in the Ashkenazic EthnogenesisConstantine Zuckerman: The Khazars and Byzantium – The First Encounter

'[The contributions] collectively provide such a thorough identification and analysis of the source base available for understanding the complex realities of Khazar history that they comprise nothing less than a reference work of encyclopedic content and utility. Scholars will surely be thankful for these essays, but those who teach in academia will also value them for what they can bring to classroom discussions by making available to students such accessible information.' Edward J. Lazzerini in Journal of Asian History, 43.2