REI 3350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Socalled, Ashgate Publishing, Soltyrei
2 Apr 2015
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Greek colonization of asian minor and the mediterranean. Referred to trade expansion & positive connotation. Diaspora and babylon came to mean being cut off from ones roots and forced to live in a. Diaspora conveyed the notion of loss, of suffering and of exile from a place of origin and. De nition changed as jews settled freely outside of palestine and diaspora came to mean. Third century bce term had shed its negative connotation and designated jews living the. Roman destruction of second temple in ce 70 it became associated again with exile. Means loss and dispersion as a result of forcible displacement of people from countries or. 4 periods of diaspora: regions de ned as their cultural and historical centres. Jews suffered intolerance and displacement in europe with the rise of christian anti semitism in the middle ages, all the while being recognized and enjoying their stays in muslim countries.
