Constantin Zuckerman (; born 1957) is a French

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and Professor of

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at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes in

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Biography

Academic rank: professor. Highest degree: doctorate. Job title: The Deputy Director of the Centre for History and Civilization of Byzantium, . Zuckerman is the author of numerous articles about the

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, the

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and the early Rus, among other peoples. In "On the Date of the Khazars'

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to Judaism and the Chronology of the Kings of the Rus Oleg and Igor," Zuckerman used Khazar documents (the Kievian Letter, Khazar Correspondence, and Schechter Letter) to call into question the traditional dates for early

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leaders. In the same article he asserted that the Khazars converted to Judaism in 861, during the visit of Saint Cyril.

Bibliography

*La Crimee entre Byzance et le Khaganat khazar. Ed. Constantin Zuckerman. Paris: Association des Amis du Centre d'Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance, 2006. 197 pp. *Zuckerman, Constantin. (2002) "Heraclius in 625" (Journal Article in ''Revue des études Byzantines'') *Zuckerman, Constantin. (2002) On the Origin of the

Khazar The Khazars ; 突厥可薩 ''Tūjué Kěsà'', () were a nomadic Turkic people who, in the late 6th century CE, established a major commercial empire covering the southeastern section of modern European Russia, southern Ukraine, Crimea, an ...

Diarchy and the Circumstances of Khazaria's

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(Book Chapter in The Turks, Volume 1: Early Ages) *Zuckerman, Constantin. Les centres proto-urbains russes entre Scandinavie, Byzance et Orient / eds. M. Kazanski, A. Nercessian, C. Zuckerman (''Réalités Byzantines'' 7). - Paris, 2000. - Р. 95-120. *Zuckerman, Constantin. (2000) "Review of 'Rome and Persia at War, 502-532' by G. Greatrex" (Book Review in Revue des études Byzantines) *Zuckerman, Constantin. (1998) Two reforms of the 370s: recruiting soldiers and senators in the divided empire (Journal Article in Revue des études Byzantines ) *Zuckerman, Constantin. (1988) The Reign of

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in the Miracles of St. Theodore the Recruit (Journal Article in Revue des études Byzantines) *Zuckerman, Constantin. (1995) On the Date of the Khazars' Conversion to Judaism and the Chronology of the Kings of the Rus Oleg and Igor (Journal Article in Revue des études Byzantines ) *К. Цукерман
"Перестройка древнейшей русской истории"
In: ''У истоков русской государственности'', 2007, (materials of a 2005 conference)

References

External links

Ephe.academia.edu: about Zuckerman and his full bibliography
1957 births Living people 20th-century French historians Khazar studies French male non-fiction writers 21st-century French historians {{France-historian-stub