The World of the Khazars

Peter B. Golden, Ph.D (1970) in History, Columbia University, is Professor of History at Rutgers University-Newark. His most recent book is Nomads and Their Neigbours in the Russian Steppe (2003). He has published extensively on Medieval Turkic history.
Haggai Ben-Shammai, Ph.D. in Judaeo-Arabic, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is Professor of Arabic at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published extensively on Judaeo-Arabic Bible exegesis and philosophy, Karaites, Islamic theology and exegesis.
András Róna-Tas, Ph.D (1957) in Oriental Studies and Cultural Anthropology, is a Professor Emeritus of the University of Szeged. His most recent monograph is Hungarians and Europe in the Early Middle Ages (1999). His publications include Turkology, Mongolistics and Hungarian ancient history.

All those interested in the history of the Khazars, the medieval Turkic world, medieval Eastern and Central European history, the history of the Eurasian steppes, the history of the Caucasus, the Islamic world and the history of Judaism.

'[The contributions] collectively provide such a thorough identification and analysis of the source base available for understanding the complex realities of Khazar history that they comprise nothing less than a reference work of encyclopedic content and utility. Scholars will surely be thankful for these essays, but those who teach in academia will also value them for what they can bring to classroom discussions by making available to students such accessible information.' Edward J. Lazzerini in Journal of Asian History, 43.2

Introduction
Haggai Ben-Shammai, Opening Remarks
Peter B. Golden, Khazars Studies: Achievements and Perspectives
Irina A. Arzhantseva, The Alans: Neighbours of the Khazars in the Caucasus
Marcel Erdal, The Khazar Language
Artem Fedorchuk, New Findings Relating to Hebrew Epigraphic Sources from the Crimea, with an Appendix on the Readings in King Joseph’s Letter
Peter B. Golden: The Conversion of the Khazars
James Howard-Johnston: Byzantine Sources for Khazar History
Tatiana Kalinina: Al-Khazar wa-`l-Ṣaqâliba: Contacts and Conflicts?
Thomas S. Noonan: The Economy of the Khazar Khaganate
Vladimir Petrukhin: Khazaria and Rus’: An Examination of their Historical Relations
András Róna-Tas: The Khazars and the Magyars
Eliezer Shweid: “The Khazar Motif” in the Kuzari of Judah Halevi
Dan Shapira: Armenian and Georgian Sources on the Khazars: A Re-evaluation
Dan Shapira: Iranian Sources on the Khazars
Victor Shnirelman: The Story of a Euphemism. The Khazars in Russian Nationalist Literature
David Wasserstein: The Khazars and the Islamic World
Paul Wexler: Yiddish Evidence for the Khazar Component in the Ashkenazic Ethnogenesis
Constantine Zuckerman: The Khazars and Byzantium – The First Encounter