Ashkenaz is Gomer's first son, brother of Riphath, and Togarmah (Gen. 10:3, 1 Chronicles 1:6) and is believed by some to be the ancestor of the Germanic, Scandinavian and Slavic peoples. One reason people believe this is that Ashkenaz's father is Gomer who is associated with the Frank and Germanic tribes due to his name.[citation needed]

Ashkenazi Jews, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim (Standard Hebrew: sing. אַשְׁכֲּנָזִי, pronounced [ˌaʃkəˈnazi], pl. אַשְׁכֲּנָזִים [ˌaʃkəˈnazim], not with the [ts] of Tzar; also יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכֲּנָז Yehudei Ashkenaz, "the Jews of Ashkenaz"), are descended from the medieval Jewish communities of the Rhineland, "Ashkenaz" being the Medieval Hebrew name for Germany. Ashkenaz is also regarded as the father of the Scythians, although there is no evidence to support it he is regarded as the father of the Scythians, Sarmatians, and the Aryans.

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Reconstructing Ashkenaz
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Reconstructing Ashkenaz

Menachem Mendel

2009-01-08 21:18:14

A new book by David Malkiel, Reconstructing Ashkenaz: The Human Face of Franco-German Jewry, 1000-1250. Reconstructing Ashkenaz shows that, contrary to traditional accounts, the Jews of Western Europe in the High Middle Ages were not a . ...

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