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the Jews of The Dispersion

or simply THE DISPERSION, was the general title applied to those Jews who remained settled in foreign countries after the return from the Babylonian exile, and during the period of the second temple. At the beginning of the Christian era the Dispersion was divided into three great sections, the Babylonian, the Syrian, the Egyptian. From Babylon the Jews spread throughout Persia, Media and Parthia. Large settlements of Jews were established in Cyprus, in the islands of the AEgean, and on the western coast of Asia Minor. Jewish settlements were also established at Alexandria by Alexander and Ptolemy I. The Jewish settlements in Rome, were consequent upon the occupation of Jerusalem by Pompey, B.C. 63. The influence of the Dispersion on the rapid promulgation of Christianity can scarcely be overrated. The course of the apostolic preaching followed in a regular progress the line of Jewish settlements. The mixed assembly from which the first converts were gathered on the day of Pentecost represented each division of the Dispersion. (Acts 2:9-11) (1) Parthians...Mesopotamia; (2) Judea (i.e. Syria)...Pamphylia; (3) Egypt...Greece; (4) Romans..., and these converts naturally prepared the way for the apostles int he interval which preceded the beginning of the separate apostolic missions. St. James and St. Peter wrote to the Jews of the Dispersion. (James 1:1; 1 Peter 1:1)

Greek

1290. diaspora -- a dispersion (Isr. in Gentile countries)
... dee-as-por-ah') Short Definition: dispersion Definition: lit: scattering abroad
of seed by the sower, hence: dispersion, used especially of the Jews who had ...
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Library

Malachi's Prophecy Concerning the Sacrifices of the Christians it ...
... Chapter CXVII."Malachi's prophecy concerning the sacrifices of the Christians It
cannot be taken as referring to the prayers of Jews of the dispersion. ...
/.../chapter cxvii malachis prophecy concerning the.htm

The Dispersion of the Jews, and their Desolate Condition for ...
... is shown to be the Son of God, Who created the world Chapter XXIII."The Dispersion
of the Jews, and Their Desolate Condition for Rejecting Christ, Foretold. ...
/.../the five books against marcion/chapter xxiii the dispersion of the.htm

Of the Birth of Our Saviour, Whereby the Word was Made Flesh; and ...
... Chapter 46."Of the Birth of Our Saviour, Whereby the Word Was Made Flesh; And of
the Dispersion of the Jews Among All Nations, as Had Been Prophesied. ...
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Judaism and Heathenism in Contact.
... Generally the Jews of the dispersion, who spoke the Greek language"the "Hellenists,"
as they were called"were much more liberal than the proper "Hebrews ...
/.../history of the christian church volume i/section 13 judaism and heathenism.htm

The Authorship.
... To Gentiles of all conditions of life and to Jews of the Dispersion with rare
exceptions, the Hebrew Scriptures were, even in the Apostolic Age and earlier ...
/.../johnson/the new testament commentary vol iii john/the authorship.htm

Early Life the Place of Paul +The Man
... The Jews of the Dispersion were known at this time as Hebrews and Hellenists. The
Hebrews clung to the Hebrew tongue and followed Hebrew customs. ...
/.../sell/bible studies in the life of paul/study i early life the.htm

Political and Religious Life of the Jewish Dispersion in the West ...
... THE JEWISH DISPERSION IN THE WEST - THEIR UNION IN THE GREAT HOPE OF THE COMING
DELIVERER. It was not only in the capital of the Empire that the Jews enjoyed ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter vi political and religious.htm

The Catholic Epistles.
... The words "sojourners""or "strangers" as rendered in our English version"and
"dispersion" are both the appropriate terms for the Jews living in dispersion. ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/chapter xxxi the catholic epistles.htm

Entire Sanctification as Taught by James and Jude.
... the Jewish Christian Church, and his epistle is addressed "to the twelve tribes
which are scattered abroad," ie, to the Jews of the Dispersion, primarily, no ...
/.../clark/the theology of holiness/chapter x entire sanctification as.htm

Character of the New Testament.
... The language is the Hellenistic idiom; that is, the Macedonian Greek as spoken by
the Jews of the dispersion in the time of Christ; uniting, in a regenerated ...
/.../schaff/history of the christian church volume i/section 76 character of the.htm