Hezekiah (disambiguation) — Hezekiah (or Ezekias) is the Anglicized version of the Hebrew name Hizkiya or Hizkiyahu , (חזקיה or חזקיהו), which means God has strengthened ).Notable people named Hezekiah are:#Hezekiah, a king of Judah. #Hezekiah (Khazar), a Khazar ruler of… … Wikipedia
Khazar Correspondence — The Khazar Correspondence was an exchange of letters in the 950s or 960s between Hasdai ibn Shaprut, foreign secretary to the Caliph of Cordoba, and Joseph, Khagan of the Khazars. It is one of the few documents known to have been authored by a… … Wikipedia
List of Khazar rulers — List of Khazar rulers:Early Khazar rulers• Khozarig (Eponymous folk ancestor of the Khazars)• fl. 450s KaradachKaradach was the king of the Akatziroi, a steppe nation allied to the Huns. He is described in the accounts of Priscus.Khazar Khagans… … Wikipedia
Obadiah (Khazar) — Obadiah (Heb. עבדיה) was the name of a Khazar ruler of the late eighth or early ninth century. He is described as coming from among the sons of the sons of Bulan, but whether this should be taken literally to mean that he was Bulan s grandson, or … Wikipedia
Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… … Universalium
Correspondance khazare — La correspondance khazare est un échange de lettres dans les années 950 et 960 entre Hasdaï ibn Shaprut, ministre des affaires étrangères du Calife de Cordoue et Joseph, Khagan des Khazars. Il s agit non seulement de l un des seuls documents… … Wikipédia en Français
CRIMEA — (Rus. Krym or Krim) (Heb. קְרִים), peninsula of South European Russia, on the Black Sea; from 1954 until 1991 an oblast of Ukrainian S.S.R. and from 1992 a repub lic of Ukraine. Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages Jews first settled in the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Krymchaks — Part of a series of articles on Jews and Judaism … Wikipedia
KRIMCHAKS — (inhabitants of the crimea ), Jewish ethnic and linguistic community. Prior to World War II Krimchaks lived mainly in the Crimean peninsula. Before the Russian invasion of 1783 they called themselves Yehudi (Jew) or srel balalary (sons of Israel) … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Manasseh I — Menasseh ben Hezekiah was a Turkic Jewish ruler of the Khazars mentioned in the Khazar Correspondence. He probably reigned in the mid to late ninth century CE. He was the son of Hezekiah, the son of Obadiah. Little is known about his reign. As… … Wikipedia
