Khazar hypothesis of Ashkenazi ancestry

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical hypothesis
gptkbp:alternativeTo Levantine origin of Ashkenazi Jews
gptkbp:associatedWith pseudoscience
anti-Semitic discourse
gptkbp:criticizedFor geneticists
mainstream historians
gptkbp:evidence genetic studies do not support
limited historical evidence
gptkbp:focusesOn origins of Ashkenazi Jews
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Khazar hypothesis of Ashkenazi ancestry
gptkbp:Khazars Uyghur people
converted to Judaism
gptkbp:opposedBy most scholars
gptkbp:period 8th to 10th centuries
gptkbp:popularizedBy gptkb:Arthur_Koestler
gptkb:The_Thirteenth_Tribe
gptkbp:proposedBy Ashkenazi Jews are descended from Khazars
Ernst W. Schapira
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Ashkenazi_Jews
gptkb:Khazars
Jewish history
medieval history
genetic studies
gptkbp:status controversial
minority view
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Thirteenth_Tribe
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7