Diaspora, Jewish
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23657299 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Doron Mendels (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah11069 |
| OpenAlex | W4244293635 |
| ISBN | 9781444338386 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
The word “diaspora,” which like so many Greek words entered European languages, derives from diaspeiro (the verb meaning “to spread”). As a technical term referring to societies that stem from one nation or “ethnos” and dwell among foreign nations, the word occurs in the Hebrew Bible several times (e.g., Deuteronomy 28:64; Jeremiah 30:11). In its appearances in the Bible, the term Pezura (Hebrew for Diaspora) when it relates to the people of Israel usually has a heavy theological overtone.
Art · Diaspora · Hebrew · Jewish studies · Judaism · Linguistics · Literature · Meaning (existential) · Term (time) · Theology · Verb · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · History · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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