Khazaria: A Forgotten Empire (Sponsored Stream)
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The Story of a Slavonic Jew
kazarian krill's proselytizing efforts seem to have been successful among the slavonic people in eastern europe but not among the kazars he traveled to their country via chursen. He is said to have spent six months learning hebrew in preparation for his mission. A few people were baptized and 200 christian prisoners were released by the kegan as a gesture of goodwill it was the least he could do for the emperor's envoy who had gone to so much trouble there is a curious sidelight thrown on the story by students of slavonic philology krill is credited by tradition with having devised the syrrhillic alphabet and also the gag
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