Copyright © 1999-2004 by Kevin Alan Brook.
See also Chapters 1, 3, 6, and 8 of The Jews of Khazaria
In English:
Brook, Kevin Alan. "Tales
about Jewish Khazars in the Byzantine Empire Resolve an Old Debate."
Los Muestros: The Sephardic Voice No. 54 (March 2004): 32-34.
Summary and analysis of two tales about Khazars residing in the Byzantine
district of Pera, a suburb of Constantinople, from a commentary to an
edition of the Life of Saint Zotikos.
Colarusso, John. "Two Circassian Tales of Huns and Khazars." The Annual
of the Society for the Study of Caucasia 4-5 (1992-1993): 63-75.
Includes a story by a Circassian bard which allegedly contains
remembrances of a medieval battle in Khazaria.
Gaster, Moses, ed. The Chronicles of Jerahmeel. New York: Ktav,
1971. Contains translations of Hebrew legends about the lost tribes of
Israel, including allusions to the autonomous Khazars.
Gow, Andrew Colin. The
Red Jews: Antisemitism in an Apocalyptic Age, 1200-1600. Leiden,
Netherlands: E. J. Brill, 1995. The mythicized "Red
Jews" were said to have been walled up in the "Caspian Mountains" by
Alexander the Great.
Miller, Timothy S. "The Miracle Tales of Saint Zotikos, Khazars, and the
Jews of Pera." In Seventeenth Annual Byzantine Studies Conference, 8-10
November 1991: Abstracts, pp. 17-18. Brookline, MA: Hellenic College,
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, 1991. Summary of a theme of
Miller's 1994 article.
Miller, Timothy S., ed. "The Legend of Saint Zotikos According to
Constantine Akropolites." Analecta Bollandiana 112 (1994):
339-376. Includes two tales about Khazars residing in the Byzantine
district of Pera, a suburb of Constantinople, from a commentary to an
edition of the Life of Saint Zotikos.
Stang, Håkon. The
Naming of Russia. Oslo, Norway:
Universitetet i Oslo, Slavisk-baltisk institutt, 1996. Meddelelser #77.
Includes discussions of the legends concerning the Red Jews and Gog and
Magog and their alleged connections to the Khazars and other groups.
Copyright © 1999-2004 by Kevin Alan Brook.