The Thirteenth Tribe
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
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Pages: Good
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What if the majority of the world's Jewish population descended not from the ancient Israelites, but from a medieval Turkic empire that converted to Judaism en masse? Arthur Koestler's The Thirteenth Tribe presents this incendiary thesis with the rigour of a seasoned historian and the narrative flair of a gifted storyteller, chronicling the rise and fall of the Khazar Empire — a powerful, enigmatic kingdom that dominated the Caucasus region from the 7th to the 10th centuries — and arguing that the Ashkenazi Jews of Eastern Europe are, in large part, their direct descendants. Koestler marshals a formidable body of historical, linguistic, and anthropological evidence to support his controversial argument, drawing on Byzantine chronicles, Arab geographies, and archaeological findings to reconstruct a civilization largely forgotten by mainstream history. Written with the same intellectual audacity that defined his celebrated novel Darkness at Noon, this work sits at the provocative crossroads of history, genetics, and identity politics. Whether one ultimately accepts or contests his conclusions, The Thirteenth Tribe remains a landmark work of historical revisionism that continues to unsettle assumptions about the origins of Jewish identity — and demands to be read.
Author: Arthur Koestler
Format: Paperback
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What if the majority of the world's Jewish population descended not from the ancient Israelites, but from a medieval Turkic empire that converted to Judaism en masse? Arthur Koestler's The Thirteenth Tribe presents this incendiary thesis with the rigour of a seasoned historian and the narrative flair of a gifted storyteller, chronicling the rise and fall of the Khazar Empire — a powerful, enigmatic kingdom that dominated the Caucasus region from the 7th to the 10th centuries — and arguing that the Ashkenazi Jews of Eastern Europe are, in large part, their direct descendants. Koestler marshals a formidable body of historical, linguistic, and anthropological evidence to support his controversial argument, drawing on Byzantine chronicles, Arab geographies, and archaeological findings to reconstruct a civilization largely forgotten by mainstream history. Written with the same intellectual audacity that defined his celebrated novel Darkness at Noon, this work sits at the provocative crossroads of history, genetics, and identity politics. Whether one ultimately accepts or contests his conclusions, The Thirteenth Tribe remains a landmark work of historical revisionism that continues to unsettle assumptions about the origins of Jewish identity — and demands to be read.