tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141940009976831016.post4484593692511169876..comments2024-02-04T20:44:05.770-08:00Comments on Jewish Facts From Portland: Are the Karaites Jewish? Nadene Goldfoothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01654020384945801380noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141940009976831016.post-55827357950855337212015-12-31T10:02:11.901-08:002015-12-31T10:02:11.901-08:00Karaites are actually mentioned in the Talmud - Pe...Karaites are actually mentioned in the Talmud - Pesachim 117a. There's little doubt that Anan ben David was not the originator of this sect as the Karaim originally existed in several sects (as many as 10) which later coalesced into a more homogeneous entity in latter times. Today Karaites are experiencing a renaissance of sorts in Israel but outside Israel the movement is bordering on non-existence.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00470187161845805276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141940009976831016.post-42356288571401057362013-09-03T15:44:38.493-07:002013-09-03T15:44:38.493-07:00There is some debate whether Anan was the founder ...There is some debate whether Anan was the founder of Karaism or not. I adopt the view that he was. But if he wasn't, then he was his most important promoter and greatly helped the sect to "take off". This is because there is not much reference about the existence of Karaism before Anan. Anyway, it is surely an open question. I mention the above in my web page at http://www.seder-olam.info/seder-olam-g38-moors.html albertukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09315263416829539138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141940009976831016.post-71563877484143268832013-08-31T09:48:29.178-07:002013-08-31T09:48:29.178-07:00Thank you Mr. Brook, for helping me to get the fac...Thank you Mr. Brook, for helping me to get the facts correct. After trying to find Qedar, I mistakedly concluded it was in Arabia. Eastern Europe is then where they have been found. My Jewish Encyclopedia gave me the wrong info about Anan, then. I shall go correct my errors. Nadene Goldfoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01654020384945801380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141940009976831016.post-13906653733896223592013-08-31T09:45:01.651-07:002013-08-31T09:45:01.651-07:00from Kevin Alan Brook, author of the
"Jews o...from Kevin Alan Brook, author of the <br />"Jews of Khazaria",<br />Rabbi Petakhiah's travelog about Karaites in the land of Qedar<br />specifically places them in eastern Europe.<br />It was definitely not in Arabia (in his usage of the term Qedar).<br />This isn't the first reference to Karaites in the world, only the first<br />reference to them in eastern Europe.<br /><br />Another error: Anan Ben David was NOT the founder of Karaism, but of a<br />similar movement that later got combined with Karaism.<br />Nadene Goldfoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01654020384945801380noreply@blogger.com