Ernest Renan
Joseph Ernest Renan (; ; 27 February 18232 October 1892) was a French
Orientalist and
Semitic scholar , writing on
Semitic languages and
civilizations ,
historian of religion ,
philologist ,
philosopher ,
biblical scholar , and
critic . He wrote works on the
origins of
early Christianity , and espoused popular political theories especially concerning
nationalism ,
national identity , and the alleged
superiority of White people over other human "races". Renan is known as being among the first scholars to advance the debunked
Khazar theory , which held that
Ashkenazi Jews were descendants of the
Khazars , Turkic peoples who had
adopted the Jewish religion and allegedly migrated to central and eastern Europe following the collapse of their
khanate .
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Joseph Ernest Renan (; ; 27 February 18232 October 1892) was a French Orientalist and Semitic scholar, writing on Semitic languages and civilizations, historian of religion, philologist, philosopher, biblical scholar, and critic. He wrote works on the origins of early Christianity, and espoused popular political theories especially concerning nationalism, national identity, and the alleged superiority of White people over other human "races". Renan is known as being among the first scholars to advance the debunked Khazar theory, which held that Ashkenazi Jews were descendants of the Khazars, Turkic peoples who had adopted the Jewish religion and allegedly migrated to central and eastern Europe following the collapse of their khanate.
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