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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461348003321

Autore

Straten Jits van

Titolo

The origin of Ashkenazi Jewry [[electronic resource] ] : the controversy unraveled / / Jits van Straten

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Walter de Gruyter, 2011

ISBN

1-283-16560-0

9786613165602

3-11-023606-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Classificazione

NY 4700

Disciplina

940/.04924

Soggetti

Jews - Europe - History

Jews - Europe, Eastern - History

Ethnicity - Europe

Khazars

Jews - Origin

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The controversy : Germany or Khazaria -- The Khazars -- The development of Ashkenazi Jewry by region : France, Germany, Bohemia, Moravia Silesia, and Hungary -- The development of Ashkenazi Jewry by region : Poland, Lithuania, and Russia from 1500 to 1900 : the Numerical increase -- Yiddish -- Genetic research (and Anthropology) -- The revised origin and development of East European Jewry.

Sommario/riassunto

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 European Jewry. Dealing with another much debated theory, van Straten points to the fact that there is no way to identify the descendants of the Khazars in the Ashkenazi population. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the author draws heavily on demographic findings which are vital to evaluate the conclusions of modern DNA research. Finally, it is suggested that East European Jews



are mainly descendants of Ukrainians and Belarussians. UPDATE: The article "The origin of East European Ashkenazim via a southern route" (Aschkenas 2017; 27(1): 239-270) is intended to clarify the origin of East European Jewry between roughly 300 BCE and 1000 CE. It is a supplement to this book.