Original sentence: " National Interest."Koestler and His Jewish Thesis.<ref>McInnes, Neil.As Bernard Lewis wrote:This theory... is supported by no evidence whatsoever.Commentors have also noted that Koestler mischaracterized the sources he cited, particlarly D.Dunlop's History of the Jewish Khazars (1954).Fall 1999.Koestler's historiography has been attacked as highly questionable by many historians; it has also been pointed out that his discussion of theories about Ashkenazi descent is largely unsupported; to the extent that Koestler referred to place-names and documentary evidence his analysis has been described as a mixture of flawed etymologies and misinterpreted primary sources.No modern mainstream scholars support Koestler's hypothesis
Edited sentence: + Another criticism that has been leveled against Koestler's work is that he largely appropriated his history from such sources as D.Dunlop, sometimes without proper attribution.It has also been pointed out that his discussion of theories about Ashkenazi descent is largely unsupported; to the extent that Koestler referred to place-names and documentary evidence his analysis has been described as a mixture of flawed etymologies and misinterpreted primary sources.Of course, it can also be argued that many Zionists despise Koestler's theory for equally political motives.Such a thesis has become controversial, leading one distractor, Bernard Lewis, to write:This theory... is supported by no evidence whatsoever