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Karaites

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Author(s): Akhiezer, Golda
The Karaite community differs markedly in its religious practices and everyday customs from those of normative Judaism, but is nonetheless part of Judaism according to the Jewish view. In the 19th century, the Karaites in Eastern Europe developed a new self-understanding, under a variety of influences: modernization, the emergence of Russian and Jewish nationalism, the upsurge in Russian historical scholarship, and finally the influence of Haskalah and the Wissenschaft des Judentums. 1. Beginnings in Eastern EuropeIn the middle of the 8th century, various groups who ag…
Date: 2020-05-12