Author: Ernest Renan
Alternate names: Ernest Rénan; E. Renan; Joseph Ernest Renan; Renan; Renan, Ernest, 1823-1892.; Renan, Ernest (Joseph Ernest), 1823-1892; Renan, Ernest; Ренан, Э. 1823-1892 Эрнест; رينان، إرنست، 1823-1892; רנן, ארנסט, 1823-1892; Ренан, Эрнест, 1823-1892; Renan, E. 1823-1892; Renan, E. 1823-1892 Ernest; Renan, Ernest (French philologist, 1823-1892); Renan, Joseph Ernest, 1823-1892; M. Ernest Renan; Joseph-Ernest Renan; E Renan; Ernesto Renan; Ernestus Renan; RENAN-E; Renan Ernest; Joseph Renan; Ernest Renan Ernest Renan; Ernest RENAN; ernest renan; Ernest Ernest Renan; RENAN ERNEST; Renan. Ernest. 1823-1892.; Ernest; Irving Babbitt (Ed.) Renan; Renan, Ernest; Holmes, John Haynes; ERNEST RENAN; Ernest 1823-1892 Renan; Ernest Renan,Abby Langdon Alger,Cornélie Renan
Born: 28 February 1823
Died: 2 October 1892
Bio: Joseph Ernest Renan (27 February 1823 – 2 October 1892) was a French Orientalist and Semitic scholar, expert of Semitic languages and civilizations, historian of religion, philologist, philosopher, biblical scholar and critic. He wrote influential and pioneering historical works on the origins of early Christianity, and espoused popular political theories especially concerning nationalism and national identity. Renan is credited as being among the first scholars to advance the Khazar theory, which helds that Ashkenazi Jews were descendants of the Khazars, Turkic peoples who had adopted Jewish religion and migrated to Western Europe following the collapse of their khanate.

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