People & groups
Diaspora
People living dispersed from their ancestral homeland, especially Jewish communities outside Judea.
Also called · Dispersion · Scattered communities
What it means
Conquest, exile, migration, and trade produced Jewish communities across many regions. They maintained varied ties to Jerusalem and the law.
The New Testament mentions the Jewish dispersion directly and also uses scattering language when addressing Christian readers.
How it appears in the Bible
Diaspora communities help explain synagogues, pilgrimage, and multilingual Jewish audiences encountered in Acts.