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The Thirteenth Tribe is a 1976 book by Arthur Koestler, in which he advances the thesis that Ashkenazi Jews are not descended from the historical Israelites of antiquity, but from Khazars, a Turkic people. Koestler hypothesized that the Khazars (who Read More..

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Description	The Thirteenth Tribe is a 1976 book by Arthur Koestler, in which he advances the thesis that Ashkenazi Jews are not descended from the historical Israelites of antiquity, but from Khazars, a Turkic people. Koestler hypothesized that the Khazars (who converted to Judaism in the 8th century) migrated westwards into Eastern Europe in the 12th and 13th centuries when the Khazar Empire was collapsing.Koestler used previous works by Douglas Morton Dunlop, Raphael Patai and Abraham Poliak and as sources. His stated intent was to make antisemitism disappear by disproving its racial basis.Popular reviews of the book were mixed, academic critiques of its research were generally negative, and Koestler biographers David Cesarani and Michael Scammell panned it.
Description	The Thirteenth Tribe is a 1976 book by Arthur Koestler, in which he advances the thesis that Ashkenazi Jews are not descended from the historical Israelites of antiquity, but from Khazars, a Turkic people. Koestler hypothesized that the Khazars (who converted to Judaism in the 8th century) migrated westwards into Eastern Europe in the 12th and 13th centuries when the Khazar Empire was collapsing.Koestler used previous works by Douglas Morton Dunlop, Raphael Patai and Abraham Poliak and as sources. His stated intent was to make antisemitism disappear by disproving its racial basis.Popular reviews of the book were mixed, academic critiques of its research were generally negative, and Koestler biographers David Cesarani and Michael Scammell panned it.

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Name	The Thirteenth Tribe
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Authors	Arthur Koestler
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Language	English
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Country	United Kingdom
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Pages	244 (1977 Pan Books edition)
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Isbn	0-394-40284-7
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Publisher	Hutchinson
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Pub_date	1976
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