Who is arnast ranan

Ernest Renan : Ernest Renan was a French philosopher who had outlined his understanding of what makes a nation in a lecture delivered at the University of Sorbonne in 1882. The lecture was subsequently published as a famous essay entitled ‘Quest-ce qu’une nation?’ (‘What is a Nation?’)

Joseph Ernest Renan was a French expert of Semitic languages and civilizations (philology), philosopher, biblical scholar and critic, and historian of religion. He is best known for his influential and pioneering historical works on the origins of Early Christianity, and his political theories, especially concerning nationalism and national identity. Renan is credited as being among the first scholars to advance the Khazar theory, which held that Ashkenazi Jews were descendants of the Khazars, Turkic peoples who had adopted Jewish religion and migrated to Western Europe following the collapse of their khanate.