The Kitab al Khazari (Arabic: كتاب الخزري), commonly called the Kuzari after the Hebrew name (ספר הכוזרי), is one of the most famous works of the medieval Spanish Jewish philosopher and poet Rabbi Yehuda Halevi, completed around 1140. Its title is an Arabic phrase meaning Book of the Khazars, while the subtitle "The book of refutation and proof on behalf of the most despised religion" shows its purpose and context in medieval Jewish thought.
Divided into five parts ("ma'amarim" – articles), it takes the form of a dialogue between the rabbi and a pagan. The pagan is then mythologized by Jews pagan king of the Khazars who has invited the rabbi to instruct him in the tenets of the Jewish religion. It is an early dialectical book, the same tool is later used by Galileo Galilei (an apologetic for the Copernican system). Originally written in Arabic, the book was translated by numerous scholars (including Judah ibn Tibbon) into Hebrew and other languages. Although scholars traditionally have not regarded the book as an historical account of the Khazar's conversion to Judaism, D. M. Dunlop speculated that R' Yehuda Halevi had access to Khazar documents upon which he loosely based his work. According to Dunlop, Halevi's contemporary, Avraham ibn Daud, claimed meeting Khazar rabbinical students in Toledo, Spain in the mid-12th century.
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hip hoppin’ up to the mic not hoppin’ on the rude boy tip I’m makin’
suckers kinda tipsy ‘cause I’m
constantly lippy lippy people tend to shut up cause I’m shuttin’ ‘em down down is where you’ll be
headed if you’re stepping’ in my direction direction provided steel town is where I’m residin’ residin’
in my mind is all the thoughts of leavin’ you blind blind to what surrounds when my lyrics reach your
ear drum drum and base is all I need to wipe out so called champions
now I rock rhymes that make a lot of sense don’t talk nonsense at all when I’m shootin’ this ill type
scripture so everybody gets the picture that my shits boom bap so everybody step back
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ohhh-a-aaaah people tried it before it never sat quite right
ohhh-a-aaaah lovin’ the hip rock a new style of conversation
ohhh-a-aaaah bein' true to myself and now it sits quite nice
critics want to tell me that I’m causin’ too many crossovers with the genres that I’m choosin’
abusin’ the system of creativity but rules are meant to be broken as you are witnessing here comes
the drunken mountie able and willing I’m shooting lyrics that kill getting everybody high put you
fists in the sky no longer will I have to struggle with the lame idea that music is becomin too
predictable susceptible to media hype and all the hype that surrounds you when I’m rocking the mic
when I’m rocking the mic ya
ohhh-a-aaaah hip hop and rock and rock and roll are causin’ total devastation
ohhh-a-aaaah people tried it before it never sat quite right
ohhh-a-aaaah lovin’ the hip rock a new style of conversation
ohhh-a-aaaah bein' true to myself and now it sits quite nice
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so it seems you want to fight fight for what is right or so it seems or so it seems seems like it’s the time
time to set it off off with your head head to head I’m challengin’ emcees mentally successfully successfully
I’m climbin’ up the ladder and you’re looking behind you but it’s too late I just zipped by you,
with out the use of force force my way into your mind mind over matter matter resolve resolve it quick and diligent
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now I rock rhymes that make a lot of sense don’t talk nonsense all when I’m shootin this il type
scripture so everybody gets the picture that my shits boom bap so everybody step back
ohhh-a-aaaah hip hop and rock and rock and roll are causin’ total devastation
ohhh-a-aaaah people tried it before it never sat quite right
ohhh-a-aaaah lovin’ the hip rock a new style of conversation
ohhh-a-aaaah bein' true to myself and now it sits quite nice
puddem up puddem up
hip hop and rock and rock and roll are causin’ total devastation
hip hop and rock and rock and roll are causin’ total devastation
hip hop and rock and rock and roll are causin’ total devastation