The Sons of Scripture: The Karaites in Poland and Lithuania in the Twentieth Century

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Mikhail Kizilov

The Sons of Scripture

The Karaites in Poland and Lithuania in the Twentieth Century

Mikhail Kizilov

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De Gruyter
16 June 2015

Jainism

Drawing on the variety of archival sources in the host of European and Oriental languages, the book focuses on the history, ethnography, and convoluted ethnic identity of the Polish-Lithuanian Karaites. The vanishing community of the Karaites, a non-Talmudic Turkic-speaking Jewish minority that had been living in Eastern Europe since the late Middle Ages, developed a unique ethnographic culture and religious tradition. The book offers the first comprehensive study of the dramatic history of the Polish-Lithuanian Karaite community in the twentieth century. Especially important is the analysis of the dejudaization (or Turkicization) of the community that saved the Karaites from horrors of the Holocaust.

By: Mikhail Kizilov
Imprint: De Gruyter
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 170mm,
Weight: 920g
ISBN: 9783110425253
ISBN 10: 3110425254
Pages: 546
Publication Date: 16 June 2015
Recommended Age: College Graduate Student
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mikhail Kizilov, Sosland Fellow of the Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Reviews for The Sons of Scripture: The Karaites in Poland and Lithuania in the Twentieth Century

The fact that Kizilov used numerous unknown archival sources, which he had been for years collecting in various archives and libraries, makes his study especially valuable. Golda Akhiezer in: Judaica 4/1015