MAKE A MEME View Large Image Signature Kiev letter.gif The en Kievian Letter is an early 10th century or possibly 11th century letter written by a Khazarian Jewish community in Kiev The letter a Hebrew-language recommendation written on behalf of one member of their ...
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Keywords: Signature Kiev letter.gif The en Kievian Letter is an early 10th century or possibly 11th century letter written by a Khazarian Jewish community in Kiev The letter a Hebrew-language recommendation written on behalf of one member of their community was part of an enormous collection brought to Cambridge by Solomon Schechter from the Cairo Geniza It was discovered in 1962 during a survey of the Geniza documents by Norman Golb of the University of Chicago The letter is dated by most scholars to around 930 CE Some think on the basis of the pleading nature of the text mentioned below that the letter dates from a time frame when Khazars were no longer a dominant force in the politics of the city en Image Signature Kiev letter gif PD-old en wikipedia Kievian_Letter en wikipedia Khazar_language ru wikipedia Хаза ский_каганат ru wikipedia Киевское_письмо uk wikipedia Київський_лист Khazars Middle Ages Kievan Rus Khazars Cairo Geniza Hebrew manuscripts Pleading Slavonic runes
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