Re: Vladimir was Re: Lucus (was: Re: Judajca)

Hello,

> > Well, rally he chose it for other reason, that's how the legend runs
> > (according to the legend, he refused Islam because he said (a byword
> > now) _Veseliye Rusi yest' pitiye_ "Drinking is Russia's cheer", and
> > Judaism because "God has expelled you and scattered you all over the
> > face of the earth").
>         While the Chronicle of By-Gone Days (aka The Primary
> Chronicle) does not
> mention it, it is likely that the Jewish missionaries were
> Khazarian.
Indeed they were, see King Joseph's letter to Hasday ibn Shafrut.

[...]
> Vladimir was definitely
> interested in seeing the
> destruction of Khazaria, especially since it stood in the way
> of trade with the Calliphate to the south.
More importantly, they were raiding the eastern tribes, and so nothing
was left fr the Kievan knyaz to collect :-)

>         Converting to Judaism probably was never even a
> remote option in Vladimir's mind, given all this.
Agree

Pavel
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