Ernest Renan
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Joseph Ernest Renan was a French Orientalist and Semitic scholar, writing on Semitic languages and civilizations, historian of religion, philologist, philosopher, biblical scholar, and critic. He wrot
Ernest Renan, c. 1870s
Ernest Renan birthplace museum in Tréguier
Portrait of Joseph Ernest Renan, by F. Mulnier
Ernest Renan in his study by Anders Zorn
A largely abandoned historical hypothesis postulated that Ashkenazi Jews were primarily, or to a large extent, descended from converts to Judaism among the Khazars, a multi-ethnic conglomerate of most
Ernest Renan
…concerning nationalism, national identity, and the superiority of White people over other human races. Renan is among the first scholars to advance the Khazar theory, which held that Ashkenazi Jews were descendants of the Khazars, Turkic peoples who had adopted the Jewish religion and allegedly migrated to central…
Khazar Khaganate, 650–850