In this episode of Hebrew Voices #151, Royal Attire 1: Lost Tribes and Magical Names, Nehemia talks about an 18th century Karaite letter to the king of Sweden with Dr. Gabriel Wasserman. They discuss how the Jewish concept of “peoplehood” contrasts with modern ethnic nationalism, how tax persecution led European Karaites to deny their Jewish heritage, and the theory that Karaites are the Ten Lost Tribes.

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VIDEO CHAPTERS00:00 Intro01:35 Royal Attire book11:05 Umah vs. ethnic nationalism16:44 Sections of the book and its relevance24:00 Karaite Press books plug30:38 De-Judaization of European Karaites35:21 Karaite tax persecution39:28 The history of the Ten Lost Tribes, according to Levush Melkhut44:00 Ba'alei shem - magical manipulation of names48:26 Outro

BOOKS MENTIONED

Royal Attire: On Karaite and Rabbanite Beliefs

by Hakham Mordecai Ben Nisan

Dod Mordechai

by Hakham Mordecai Ben Nisan

Diatribe de Secta Karæorum (Latin: Discourse on the Karaite Sect)by Jacobus Trigland

Notitia Karaeorum ex Mardochaei (Latin/Hebrew Interlinear of Dod Mordechai)by Johann Christoph Wolf

The Palanquin: On Karaite Practical Halakhaby Hakham Solomon ben Aaron

The Karaite Creed & Discourse on Slaughterby Israel ha-Dayyan ha-Ma’aravi (al-Maghrib)

Ritual Slaughter: A Guide to Modern Karaite Jewish Practiceby Hakham Shemuel Ha-Kohen

The Chief Cornerstoneby Hakham Toviyya Babovich

The Crimean Karaite Communities: History, Culture, and Leadership through the Early Twentieth Centuryby Golda Akhiezer

An Ingathering of Peace (Asifat Shalom)By The Karaite Press