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The Jewish diaspora (Hebrew: תְּפוּצָה, romanized: təfūṣā) or exile (Hebrew: גָּלוּת gālūṯ; Yiddish: golus) is the dispersion of Israelites or Jews out of their ancient ancestral homeland (the Land of Israel) and their subsequent settlement in other parts of the globe.
May 29, 2024 · Diaspora, the dispersion of Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian Exile or the aggregate of Jewish communities scattered ‘in exile’ outside Palestine or present-day Israel. The term carries religious, philosophical, political, and eschatological connotations.
The first permanent Jewish diaspora was the settlement in Babylon created by Nebuchadnezzar’s deportations from Judah in the 590s-580s [BCE]. (The Israelites exiled by the Assyrians in the 720s did not long survive as a separate group.)
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May 18, 2018 · The Jewish diaspora is said by classical scholars to have begun during the First Temple period, with the establishment of a community of Jewish mercenaries within the military outpost of Elephantine (Southern Egypt) and with the removal of Jewish captives from the conquered Hebrew kingdom of Israel by the Assyrians in 722 B.C.E.
Sep 23, 2021 · The reality of diaspora has shaped Jewish history, its demography, its economic relationships, and the politics that impacted the lives of Jews with each other and with the non-Jews among whom they lived.
The largest Jewish centers of the Diaspora were in Rome, Alexandria, and Antioch, the three largest cities of the Roman Empire. Jews probably did not reach Antioch before 150 b.c., and Rome later. Alexandria's Jewish population was the largest, richest, and most influential.
Apr 25, 2022 · The works included in this bibliography describe Jewish diaspora from various analytical and disciplinary perspectives and touch on a wide range of historical contexts.
The Jewish diaspora or exile is the dispersion of Israelites or Jews out of their ancient ancestral homeland and their subsequent settlement in other parts of the globe.
Jun 7, 2024 · Judaism - Babylonian Exile, Diaspora, Torah: The survival of the religious community of exiles in Babylonia demonstrates how rooted and widespread the religion of YHWH was. Abandonment of the national religion as an outcome of the disaster is recorded of only a minority.
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