What is Reddit's opinion of Khazarian Hebrew documents of the tenth century?

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>Well, that's quite a novel you've written! It's understandable that you might feel threatened, considering the gravity of the challenge that Sand's enlightened scholarship poses to the errors and excesses of the zionist project.

See? Right to insults and rhetoric, as predicted.

>You accuse Sand of ignoring primary sources and yet you do not provide a link or describe these supposedly ignored sources in any way.

I can't provide you with a B.A. in History in one comment, mate.

>You describe the "khazar hypothesis" as a "racist favorite". However, there is no "hypothesis", the reality of Khazarian history is obvious to anyone capable of a dispassionate reading of the available documents. It's odd that you would claim that accepting plain facts is "racist", especially since white supremacist and neo-nazi groups are vociferous in their denial of the Khazarian heritage. It's critical to their doctrines that Judaism is a race, whereas normal people are happy to follow the truth wherever it might lead them.

Uh-huh. You've linked the documents I referenced, which were almost certainly not written by Khazars, and which (if they were) would not support the idea of Ashkenazim being descended from Khazars.

>You are actually claiming that the Hasdai correspondence are forgeries! This is a wild claim and a mark of true desperation on your part.

Golly, desperation!

>Tracing documentary accounts of Ashkenazi migration within Europe does nothing to prove a non-European origin, quite the opposite, in fact

Why's that? Genuinely curious how a Mediterranean population group starting out in Mediterranean countries and migrating north, and east, suggests they are not in fact Mediterranean.

>Finally, as boring and tiresome as the bible is, it does contain a bit of confirmation for Sand. In biblical genealogy, Noah had three sons, Ham, said to be the progenitor of the African nations, Shem, said to be the progenitor of the Levantine nations, and Japheth, said to be the progenitor of the European nations. Japheth supposedly had a son named Gomer, and Gomer supposedly had a son named Ashkenaz. This is the namesake for the Ashkenazi ethny.

... It is the namesake for the Hebrew term for Germany. Let's say you had a family called "the Stephensons", and half of them moved to California and the other half to Florida. One half would be the "California Stephensons* and the other half would be the "Florida Stephensons". That would not mean that they were both, in fact, groups of native Americans... Despite "Florida" and "California" being tribal names.

Again, this is stuff that is glaringly obvious if you actually know what you are talking about.

Well, that's quite a novel you've written! It's understandable that you might feel threatened, considering the gravity of the challenge that Sand's enlightened scholarship poses to the errors and excesses of the zionist project.

Although I doubt that I will be able to bring you over to the side of the angels, for the sake of other readers, let's go through some of the problems with your critique.

You accuse Sand of ignoring primary sources and yet you do not provide a link or describe these supposedly ignored sources in any way.

You describe the "khazar hypothesis" as a "racist favorite". However, there is no "hypothesis", the reality of Khazarian history is obvious to anyone capable of a dispassionate reading of the available documents. It's odd that you would claim that accepting plain facts is "racist", especially since white supremacist and neo-nazi groups are vociferous in their denial of the Khazarian heritage. It's critical to their doctrines that Judaism is a race, whereas normal people are happy to follow the truth wherever it might lead them.

You are actually claiming that the Hasdai correspondence are forgeries! This is a wild claim and a mark of true desperation on your part.

Tracing documentary accounts of Ashkenazi migration within Europe does nothing to prove a non-European origin, quite the opposite, in fact.

Finally, as boring and tiresome as the bible is, it does contain a bit of confirmation for Sand. In biblical genealogy, Noah had three sons, Ham, said to be the progenitor of the African nations, Shem, said to be the progenitor of the Levantine nations, and Japheth, said to be the progenitor of the European nations. Japheth supposedly had a son named Gomer, and Gomer supposedly had a son named Ashkenaz. This is the namesake for the Ashkenazi ethny.