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Arthur koestler the thirteenth tribe the khazar empire and its heritage this book traces the history of the ancient khazar empire, a major but almost forgotten power in eastern europe, which in the dark ages became converted to judaism. Koestler, the jewish one time communist and radical zionist jabotinsky party member, is most famous for writing the book the thirteenth tribe which is one of the most quoted proofs of the khazar theory. Does arthur koestlers book the thirteenth tribe prove. Full audio book nag hammadi read by cory dow duration.
Arthur koestler 19051983 authored one of the 20th centurys great political novels, darkness at noon, as well as a number of other fictional works and essay collections which explained the ethos of communism to the west. A resource for turkic and jewish history in russia and ukraine. Arthur koestler, hungarianborn british novelist, journalist, and critic, best known for his novel darkness at noon 1940. Nov 24, 2017 koestlers book was disproven and laughed out many years ago by historians and rabbis alike. Review of arthur koestlers book the thirteenth tribe. In 1931 koestler joined the communist party of germany until, disillusioned by stalinism, he resigned in 1938. Koestler hypothesized that the khazars who converted to judaism in the 8th century migrated westwards into eastern europe in the. Muqaddasi, descriptio imperii moslemici tenth century.
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