When Europeans became Semites
5 min readResearchers, historians, and theologians have debated the origins of European Jewry for centuries. Except for the roughly 100 Jewish captives who were brought to Rome as slaves in the period 66-73, European literature offers little information linking European Jews to Palestine, nor a significant collective presence or widespread persecution of Jews prior to the 11th century.
Israeli historian Shlomo Sand discussed the origin of European Jewry in great detail in his 2008 book, The Invention of the Jewish People.
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