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Diaspora [daɪˈæspərə] n 1. (Historical Terms) (Social Science / Peoples) a. the dispersion of the Jews after the Babylonian and Roman conquests of Palestine b. the Jewish communities outside Israel c. the Jews living outside Israel d. the extent of Jewish settlement outside Israel 2. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) (in the New Testament) the body of Christians living outside Palestine 3. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) (Sociology) (often not capital) a dispersion or spreading, as of people originally belonging to one nation or having a common culture [from Greek: a scattering, from diaspeirein to disperse, from dia- + speirein to scatter, sow; see spore] Diaspora the scattering of the Jews after the period of Babylonian exile. See also: Judaism
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After briefly summarizing Yoder's embrace of galut as vocation and its implications for his understanding of Zionism, I will then look at probing critiques of Yoder regarding difference and land raised by two thinkers well acquainted with Yoder's work, Michael Cartwright and Peter Ochs. I think that in order to liberate the Jews from the effects of the galut (extended exile) and establish a revitalized, authentic Jewish culture, Klausner had to confront the numerical success of Christianity and refute the claim that Christianity lies at the heart of Western, European civilization. Raz-Krakotzin, for one, believes that galut as a critical concept makes possible "a Jewish identity based on the recognition of the potential embodied in the bi-nationality of the land. |
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