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===''The Thirteenth Tribe''===

===''The Thirteenth Tribe''===

''The Thirteenth Tribe'' is a book written in 1976 by flaming nutjob ([[parapsychologist]]) [[Arthur Koestler]], claiming that Ashkenazi Jews were descended from Khazar converts to Judaism.<ref>''The Thirteenth Tribe: The Khazar Empire and its Heritage'' by Arthur Koestler (1976) Random House. ISBN 0394402847.</ref> The author, himself Jewish, apparently had the best of intentions, and thought that by establishing Khazar descendants rather than from the Jews of [[Jesus]]' time and area, the [[Passion play|"Christ-Killer"]] accusations would end and [[Antisemitism]] would disappear.<ref>Michael Scammell ''Koestler: The Literary and Political Odyssey of a Twentieth-Century Skeptic'' Random House, 2009, p. 546</ref> It did not.

''The Thirteenth Tribe'' is a book written in 1976 by the irrational, parapsychologist [[Arthur Koestler]], claiming that Ashkenazi Jews were descended from Khazar converts to Judaism.<ref>''The Thirteenth Tribe: The Khazar Empire and its Heritage'' by Arthur Koestler (1976) Random House. ISBN 0394402847.</ref> The author, himself Jewish, apparently had the best of intentions, and thought that by establishing Khazar descendants rather than from the Jews of [[Jesus]]' time and area, the [[Passion play|"Christ-Killer"]] accusations would end and [[Antisemitism]] would disappear.<ref>Michael Scammell ''Koestler: The Literary and Political Odyssey of a Twentieth-Century Skeptic'' Random House, 2009, p. 546</ref> It did not.

==Genetic studies==

==Genetic studies==