What Century did Khazaki Empire adopt Judaism as their religion and for what reason? Please Give backround?
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FROM::  http://www.khazaria.com/\n\nMedieval Kingdom of Khazaria, 652-1016\n\nOver a thousand years ago, the far east of Europe was ruled by Jewish kings who presided over numerous tribes, including their own tribe: the Turkic Khazars. \n\nAfter their conversion in the 9th century, the Khazar people used Jewish personal names, spoke and wrote in Hebrew, were circumcised, had synagogues and rabbis, studied the Torah and Talmud, and observed Hanukkah, Pesach, and the Sabbath. The Khazars were an advanced civilization with one of the most tolerant societies of the medieval period. It hosted merchants from all over Asia and Europe.
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There was interest in Judaism throughout the Roman world. Onkelos is one famous example of a convert to Judaism. Marcus Aurelius was a famous Roman fascinated by the Jews. \n\nBut it was difficult for most Romans world reconcile the strict requirements of Judaism. Many in the Roman world liked the idea of One God and a moral code to live by... but circumcision and kosher eating were a little too much. \n\nChristianity filled this void perfectly. Christianity offered non-Jews the One God and the moral code, without the need to become a Jew or follow the Law of the Torah.
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Interesting question. Since they were the ONLY two people in the world, where did everyone else come from?\nMythology is stupid isn't it? Now watch the christians make up stories and excuses for this lame book of bronze age jewish mythology...
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a religion and has been one for thousands of years.
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That is  a very good question and the answer is a little confusing. The problem is that people often get confused between Judiasm and Jews. To be Jewish does NOT mean you follow the Jewish religion, instead it is a group of people. Kind of like just because you are Indian does not mean you are hindu, or if you are arabic it does not mean you are muslim (unless it is the law of your country) \n\nNow before the birth of Christ, the Jewish(reffering to the group of people) did follow the same religion, which can be called the "Jewish" religion, because they where Jew and that was their religion. Now, before Christ was born, as you know from reading the scriptures, their where prophesies about his coming. Some believed and some did not believe he was coming. When Jesus Christ was born he taught many new things and gave new revelations. Thus came Christianity, though if it was called that at the time, I am not sure. Those who did not believe he was the Savior and still live by the ways before Christ and do not follow His new teachings broke off and are today reffered to as "Jewish"\n\nThose who followe Christ are Christians. Those who are Jewish by blood are not neccesarily Jewish by religian, You can be jewish by religion even if you are not Jewish by blood. Jesus was born to Jewish parents and He is how Christianity started. Remember, back then Jewish and Christianity were intertwined and not distinctively seperate.\n\nI know it is confusing. But basically, the coming of Christ and the belief in whet He taught is what seperates the 2 religions.
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and one more time those who know nothing of Judaism or the Bible give answers....\n\nAdaM and Eve were not Jews, showing that Gd cares for all people and not just the Jews. \n\nThe first Jew was Abraham whose descendants, and those who over the last 4,000 years converted to Judaism, were Jews. Even in the Bible, Mordechai, in the Book of Esther, who was NOT from the tribe of Judah, is called a Jew, so one does not have to be from the tribe of Judah to be a Jew:::\n\n          Esther 2:5  Now in Shushan the palace there was \n          a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son  \n          of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a \n          Benjamite; \n\nBut Judaism, the covenant Gd made with Abraham, reconfirmed with His covenant with Isaac, reconfirmed with His covenant with Jacob, and on and on, began with Abraham.
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Don't get me started on this subject. I believe and some historians agree that the only true originals of that area of the world is the Palestinians every Jew is not genetically connect to the original people only religously.\nNotice most of the Jews that came back to "take back their land" came there from European countries. I have no problems with Jews at all but the facts are most Jews of wealth and knowledge were taken away by the Romans in the \ndays of Roman rule  inter-bred wth  the local people and convert some to Judaism.This is over 2000 years!\n The ones that stayed were invaded by others and eventually became Islamic and called themselves Palestinian.\nThe only reason the major countries of the world support Israel is because the Jews control the banking industry of the world.They got the money! I told you not to get me started.
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Messianic Judaism is NOT Judaism it is a Christian origination run and funded by Christian churches. I’m not making this up go into any Messianic Church/Synagogue and ask where their money comes from and if the leader was ever Jewish. The goal of it is to convert ignorant Jews to Christianity by giving it Jewish sounding names. As for Reform Judaism it preaches that you don’t need to believe in anything (including G-d) or follow any thing that is in the Torah. Most Reform Rabbis don’t even believe the Torah came from G-d. They are the main reason that Jews today are so ignorant about their own religion and why Jews for Jesus is so successful and why the assimilation rate is higher than any other time in history. \nSorry about the ranting it just happens to be the truth.
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There was apparently a small sect of Jews who followed a rabbi they called "Christ" which would be really odd since "Christ" is Greek.\n\nBut, ignoring Hebrews who used Greek to describe their rabbi, in 325 CE (ad), Judaism was grafted into paganism by Roman Emperor Constantine and became known as "Christianity" although Constantine never referred to his brand new religion as "Christian," he called it the "Universal (Catholic means universal in Latin) Religion."\n\nThe original "Christianity," assuming it actually existed, died long before Constantine invented his brand new religion and banned its practice (if it existed in the first place).\n\nAnd anyone who refused to adopt Constantine's brand new religion was executed.\n\nThat's a summary of what most people call "Christianity."
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Judaism, as many people think, did NOT start with Adam and Eve.  it started when the Jews left Egypt, becoming free & G-d's people, and were in the desert.  they all went to mount Sinai and received the Tora/commandments from G-d there, where they were presented, too, with the 613 "laws" of Judaism.
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It wasn't until many years after the death of Jesus that the Jews who followed Jesus broke away from Judaism, and it wasn't until the 4th century and the development of the Nicene Creed that most Christians came to believe in the Trinity.\n\nThere are many theories as to why Christians broke away from Judaism.  One of them is that they couldn't find converts among Jews and had to branch out to Romans and other cultures in the area.  It's doubtful they could find anyone at all who was willing to be circumcised in order to become a follower of Jesus -- well, maybe they decided to renege on that first Covenant (Testament) with God and abolish circumcisions altogether!\n\nAnother theory as to why they broke away from Judaism is because Jews followed many leaders they believed to be the messiah, but when the leader died without having accomplished his sole purpose, he was acknowleged as being a false messiah.\n\n"...they shall beat their swords into plowshares,\nand their spears into pruning hooks;\nnation shall not lift up sword against nation,\nneither shall they learn war anymore." (Micah 4:3)\n\nMore about the messiah can be found here:\nwww.jewsforjudaism.org\n.
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Christianity is paganism and has no relation with the original Hebrew religion.\n\nConstantine attempted to invent a universal religion by incorporating Hebrew myths into his pagan religion, but it appears Hebrews would have nothing to do with it.
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Buddhism and Jainism emerged from India around 800-600 BCE, a period of great cultural, intellectual and spiritual development and both had an enormous influence on Hinduism. Some of the previously accepted truths of the religion were beginning to be questioned and the religious leaders were being asked to defend their views and teachings. Furthermore, the old tribal structure of society was diminishing. The result was an increasing number of breakaway sects, of which Buddhism and Jainism were probably the most successful
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Could it have anything to do with the fact that for hundreds of years, polytheists were tortured and killed if they didn't convert to monotheistic religions?\n\nCould it be because monotheistic religions built their early churches on top of polytheistis temples and shrines?\n\nCould it have anything to do with the lies told by monotheistic religions that demonized polytheist gods and beliefs?\n\nFor about 700 years, monotheism was the only "acceptable" form of religion in the western world. Even in the first few centuries in American history, the "great melting pot" of cultures and religions, monotheism was the only acceptable form of religion. It has only been in the last 80-100 years that polytheists have been recognized and accepted into the mainstream of western society. \n\nIt took Christianity some 300 years to gain acceptance as a valid religion. Considering that, polytheism is making a pretty effective comeback into society. \n\n-SD-
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Judaism, of course, does not condone anyone who is a Jew converting to another faith. For a Jew to convert to another faith means that person is no longer a Jew. We Jews make up such a small number, such a small percentage of people on earth! When we lose even one person to another faith, it is a far, far greater loss to us, with such small numbers, than if a Christian or a Moslem converts to another faith since they start out with so very many members. Of course, unlike some religions, we dont call for the death penalty, to an ex-Jew who converted to another faith.\n\nJudaism, of course, does welcome converts TO Judaism. Because we feel our 3,000+ year old interpretations of the Bible and our faith are correct, and because we want our faith to continue, we, of course, will want people to convert TO Judaism, and not want people to convert FROM Judaism.
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Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were the founders of the people and men of faith, but they never called their religion "Judaism".  In fact the word "Judaism" never appears in the Bible (not even in the Christian Bible).\n\nObviously in Judaism G-d is the Creator.  But I don't think that is quite what you are asking. \n\nJudaism is founded on Torah.  Torah is the 5 books of Moses - Genesis through Deuteronomy. So Moses is perhaps the personality that you are looking for.  \n\nThe story of the Exodus is often looked upon as being like a betrothal and marriage. The descendants of Jacob - the children of Israel - had become slaves in Egypt.  G-d sees this and like an angry boyfriend comes in, curses the Egyptians with 10 plagues, takes Israel out.  He leads them through the waters of the Red Sea and kills the enemies that are following them.  He then leads them to Mount Sinai where He gives them His Covenant. (Much as the marriage contract is read in a traditional wedding.) Read Exodus 1 through 20.\n\nIsrael entered into the Promised Land and generations later the nation was split into 2 kingdoms.  Israel was the northern kingdom and Judah was the southern kingdom.  Israel was conquered by Assyria and the people there were dispersed amoung the nations and no one knows where their descendants are now.  Judah was taken into captivity by Babylon but was allowed to return.  They were later conquered again by Greeks and then by the Romans.  \n\nSince the area was called Judea, the nation was called Judah, and the people were called Jews; the unnamed religion of the people became known as "Judaism".
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Do you mean Hebrews or Israelites, Jews an a Israelites are different. A Jew is anyone who relgion is Judaism, it not a race but a religion. Jew is in the Bible but it's a mistranslation, everytime "Jew" is used in the Bible it should read Judah. Judah is one of the 12 tribes of Israel, so calling ALL Israelites Jews is incorrect. Moses was from the tribe Levi not Judah so that means that he wasn't a Jew, Abraham counldn't a descendant of his own great great grandson so he wasn't a Jew ethier. The name Jew should have never even appear in the English translation.\n\nToday many Jews are white, ask ANY Jew, what does it take to be a Jew. They will tell you to convert to Judaism or if your moms a Jew, then your Jewish.\n\nNONE of them will tell you that to be a Israelites you HAVE to be a decsendant of one of the 12 tribes of Jacob/Israel.\nNote all through out scripture the Bible says that genology is ONLY pass through the FATHER never the mom/wife.\n\nWith that been said Jews are not Israelites and Israelites are not Jews. \n\nTO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION: Todays most Jews are descendants of Ashkenaz and Khazar tribes Both are decsendants of Japhet, Genesis 10 1-5 with are European tribes, which is why todays Jews are white. Until when find some evidences of what Isrealites looked like and can proven they are Israelites, then we would know what color they are.