The Karaites of Galicia : an ethnoreligious minority among the Ashkenazim, the Turks, and the Slavs, 1772-1945 / by Mikhail Kizilov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kizilov, Mikhail, 1974-

Series:

Studia Judaeoslavica ; v. 1.

Studia Judaeoslavica, 1876-6153 ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Karaites--Galicia (Poland and Ukraine)--History.

Karaites.

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 461 pages, 43 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Ethnoreligious minority among the Ashkenazim, the Turks, and the Slavs, 1772-1945

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Summary:

The book focuses on the history, ethnography, and convoluted ethnic identity of the Karaites, an ethnoreligious group in Eastern Galicia (modern Ukraine). The small community of the Karaite Jews, a non-Talmudic, Turkic-speaking minority who had been living in Eastern Europe since the late Middle Ages, developed a unique ethnographic culture and religious tradition. The book offers the first comprehensive study of the Galician Karaite community from its earliest days until today, with the main emphasis placed on the period from 1772 until 1945. Especially important is the analysis of the twentieth-century dejudaization (or Turkicization) of the community, which saved the Karaites from the horrors of the Holocaust.

Contents:

Introduction to the study and the history of Karaism

The Karaites in Austrian Galicia: the community as seen from outside

The Karaites in Austrian Galicia, their history and culture: the community as seen from within

The Galician Karaites, their language, customs, and traditions: the community as seen from an ethnographic perspective

The Karaites and their neighbours: relations with the Christian population and with the Rabbanite Jews

Karaites in Polish Galicia betwen the two world wars

Khazar theory vs. racial anthropology: interwar Turkicization of the Galician Karaites and its outcome during World War II

The Galician Karaites after 1945

Conclusion: the historical fate, the past, and the future of the Karaite community in Eastern Europe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [345]-375) and index.

ISBN:

9789004166028

9004166025

OCLC:

243960512