The "scattering" of the Jewish people was also known as the 10 lost tribes. The Jewish people were divided. The kingdom of Israel was split into 10 tribes and the kingdom of Judah was split into 2. The Chaldians captured the kingdom of Judah and took them into captivity until the Persians captured the Chaldians and let the Jewish people go.The "scattering" of the Jewish people was also known as the 10 lost tribes. The Jewish people were divided.
Some 2500 years ago, Shalmanesser of Assyria exiled the Ten Tribes of the Israelites. 133 years later, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon destroyed the First Temple and exiled the Jews who were still in the Holy Land. Though they returned 70 years later to build the Second Temple, many of them chose to remain in Babylonia and elsewhere.
Diaspora.
The Romans.
The Diaspora.
Diaspora.
It is called the diaspora.
As I write this, it is September 2011. The Jewish year of 5772 will begin in a few days.
The Diaspora (scattering of the Jewish communities) began at the destruction of the First Temple, some 24 centuries ago. At that time, Jewish communities were established in North Africa, Iraq, Persia, the Arabian Peninsula, and adjacent areas. From there, they gradually spread to further regions.
The scattering of the Jeish people was called the diaspora.In reality, it began right back with the invasion of the Assyrians in the 700s BC, but it usually refers to the time when the Babylonians drove the Judaeans from their homeland, beginning with the year 597 BC.
The diaspora refers to any area outside of the land of Israel. In Hebrew diaspora is go-lah.Diaspora refers to people not land. It refers to the dispersion, scattering of the Jewish people. The words origins are Greek or French.
The exile, also known as the diaspora. This occurred when Shalmaneser carried away the Ten Tribes into captivity, and it continued after the Temple was destroyed.
The diaspora refers to the scattering of Jewish communities when they were exiled from their land.
At the destruction of the first Temple well over 2000 years ago, the Jews were exiled. Some went to North Africa, others east to Babylonia and Persia, and some went north to countries such as Greece and Italy.