Kevin Alan Brook. The Jews of Khazaria (2010)

Kevin Alan Brook. The Jews of Khazaria. 2nd edition. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010, XII+317 p. ISBN 9780742549821

Contents

Acknowledgments … ix
Introduction … xi

1. The Origins of the Khazars … 1
2. The Cities and Towns of the Khazars … 19
3. The Structure of the Khazar Government … 47
4. The Khazar Way of Life … 59
5. Khazarian Trade … 73
6. The Khazars’ Conversion to Judaism … 87
7. Relations between the Khazars and Other Peoples … 125
8. The Decline and Fall of the Khazar Empire … 149
9. The Diaspora of the Khazars … 163
10. Eastern and Central European Jews after the Tenth Century … 197

Appendix A Timeline of Khazar History … 247
Appendix B Glossary … 251
Appendix C Native Khazarian Personal Names … 255
Appendix D Other Instances of Conversion to Judaism in History … 257
Bibliography … 273
Index … 293
About the Author … 317