The Origin of Ashkenazi Jewry : : The Controversy Unraveled /

The Origin of Ashkenazi Jewry : : The Controversy Unraveled / / Jits van Straten.

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Where do East European Jews – about 90 percent of Ashkenazi Jewry – descend from? This book conveys new insights into a century-old controversy. Jits van Straten argues that there is no evidence for the most common assumption that German Jews fled en masse to Eastern Europe to constitute East Europe...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
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Straten, Jits van,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (234 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • I. The Controversy: Germany or Khazaria
  • II. The Khazars
  • III. The Development of Ashkenazi Jewry by Region (1): France, Germany, Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, and Hungary
  • IV. The Development of Ashkenazi Jewry by Region (2): The Caucasus, The Crimea, Poland, and Lithuania until 1500
  • V. The Development of Ashkenazi Jewry by Region (3): Poland, Lithuania, and Russia from 1500 to 1900: The Numerical Increase
  • VI. Yiddish
  • VII. Genetic Research (and Anthropology)
  • VIII. The Revised Origin and Development of East European Jewry
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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