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| The Schechter Letter | |
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_in_the_Schechter_Letter.png){kind=small} Cropped version of f. 2r of the Schechter letter, showing Khazar general Pesakh and his titles. | |
| Location | Cairo Geniza |
| Author(s) | Anonymous Khazar author |
| Media type | Manuscript |
| Subject | Khazar history and conversion to Judaism |
The Schechter Letter,[1] also called the Genizah Letter[2] or Cambridge Document,[3] was discovered in the Cairo Geniza by Solomon Schechter in 1912.[2] It is an anonymous Khazar letter discussing several matters including the wars of the early 940s, involving the Byzantine Empire, the Khazar Khaganate, and Kievan Rus'.[2] Scholars have debated its authenticity.[2]
- ^ Zhivkov, Boris (2015). Khazaria in the 9th and 10th Centuries. Translated by Manova, Daria. Brill Academic Publishers. p. 42. ISBN 978-90-04-29307-6.
- ^ a b c d Ostrowski 2018, p. 42.
- ^ Golden, Peter B. (2007). "The Conversion of the Khazars to Judaism". The World of the Khazars: New Perspectives - Selected Papers from the Jerusalem 1999 International Khazar Colloquium. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers. p. 146. ISBN 978-9004160422.