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There exists a legendary account about the Khazars conversion to Judaism (actually several legendary accounts) that runs approximately as follows: the ruler of the Khazars, the kaghan, decided that in order to become a modern nation, he and his people needed to adopt one of the major monotheistic religions: Christianity, Judaism or Islam (previously the nation had been pagan). And so he sent for a Christian, Jewish and Islamic scholar, asking them each to plead their case…