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There have been hushed mutterings from a few geneticists that the Jews' heritage doesn't go back to the roots one might expect. I should warn that even taking an interest in this topic makes you an anti-semite, so since you're already cursed, the two main books are:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Thirteenth-Tribe-Empire-Heritage/dp/0445042427
http://www.amazon.com/Invention-Jewish-People-Shlomo-Sand/dp/1844676234/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407268340&sr=1-1&keywords=shlomo+sand
>The deeply flawed and biased Wikipedia article on Shlomo Sand's book "The invention of the Jewish People" (best-seller in Hebrew, widely translated) lists the historians and what they think about the Khazar Theory.
The reputable historians all seem to accept Khazar Hypothesis (unless they say something very different behind Sand's back?!?). Only crackpot historians (I think it's fair to call them that!) dispute it and still cling to the Rhineland Hypothesis. (ie a handful of German Jews come from Rome round about CE 1000 and populate Eastern Europe).
You gave one source. The source has been debunked several times.
>You're going to tell me what books you have on your desk.
The Jews of Khazaria, The Thirteenth Tribe: The Khazar Empire and it's heritage.
These are not religious. One book declines the Khazar theory, one accepts it. The mere fact that there are 2 books on each side mean it is not a widely accepted theory but debated.