Open AccessJews of the land of Kedar
Author(s) -
Vsevolod Vikhnovich
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
nordisk judaistik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.113
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2343-4929
pISSN - 0348-1646
DOI - 10.30752/nj.69544
Subject(s) - judaism , slavic languages , ancient history , history , period (music) , land of israel , geography , archaeology , ethnology , classics , art , aesthetics
At present, it is safe to say that alongside the Slavic, Finnish, Scandinavian, Turkic, Baltic, Iranian, Caucasian elements the Jewish element has also played its role in the early period of the ethnocultural history of the vast region to the north of the Black and the Caspian seas. According to the medieval Jewish sources, the members of Judaic communities belonged to various social and even racial groups. This fact sheds light on the Jews whom the Jewish traveler Petahyah of Regensburg met in the Land of Kedar in the 12th century. Petahyah traveled from Regensburg to the Middle East via Prague, Kiev, Crimea and Caucasus. What were the origins of these Jews?