...According to Encyclopaedia Britannica “the most striking feature” of the Khazar state was the apparent adoption of Judaism by the Khaqan and the ruling elite in the middle of the eighth century. The precise circumstances leading to the adoption of Judaism by the Khazars are not clear, but, according to Encyclopaedia Britannica, the “fact itself is undisputed and unparalleled” in Eurasian history. John Rose, himself a Jew, attributed economic motive to the conversion. Quoting Abramski et al, Rose says “trapped between the Islamic and Byzantine empires, the pagan Khazar elite converted to Judaism late in the ninth century as a means to maintain its political independence and integrate itself into the Jewish trading network” (Myths of Zionism, p48)...
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