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The Kuzari, full title Book of Refutation and Proof on Behalf of the Despised Religion (Arabic: كتاب الحجة والدليل في نصرة الدين الذليل: Kitâb al-ḥujja wa'l-dalîl fi naṣr al-dîn al-dhalîl), also known as the Book of the Khazar (Hebrew: ספר הכוזרי: Sefer ha-Kuzari), is one of the most ...
- Joshua Judah Ha-Levi, Hartwig Bloch, Hirschfeld
- 1947
The Kuzari is considered one of the most important works of Jewish apologetic and has been reprinted many times in several languages. Read the text of Kuzari online with commentaries and connections. The Kuzari was written by Judah Halevi (Spain, 1075–1141 CE).
The Kuzari is a dialog between a Khazar king and a rabbi on the fundamentals of Judaism and its superiority over other religions. It was written in 1140 by Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi, a Spanish scholar and traveler, and is one of the most influential works of Jewish philosophy.
The Khazars were a semi-nomadic people who, in the late 6th century CE, established an empire covering the southeastern section of modern European Russia, southern Ukraine, Crimea and Kazakhstan. Sometime around the year 740 CE, the king and the ruling class, followed by members of the general population, decided to convert to Judaism.
- Yehuda Shurpin
Jun 30, 2023 · Commonly called the Kuzari, this book is the most famous work by the medieval Spanish Jewish writer Judah Halevi. The work is divided into five parts, and takes the form of a dialogue between the pagan king of the Khazars and a Jew who had been invited to instruct him in the tenets of the Jewish religion.
Jan 1, 2009 · "The Kuzari" is a classic work of Jewish philosophy, written in 1140 by celebrated Jewish poet and philosopher Rabbi Yehudah HaLevi. Rabbi Korobkin has done a wonderful job in presenting a fluid, clear English translation of this fundamental book of Judaism.
- Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi
Rabbi Daniel Korobkin is the translator and the annotator of the newest edition of The Kuzari, available for purchase here. A discussion of the historical context in which Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi wrote the Sefer HaKuzari, around the time that the center of Jewry shifted from Babylonia to Spain in the 10th century.
