Jewish Diaspora

Rabbinic Judaism through the First to Sixth Century CE

The term Jewish Diaspora , the forced mass exile of the Jews from their native lands (Israel , Lebanon , and Jordan , is well-known to have started in late 8th Century BCE timeline , not declining until the early centuries of the CE . It is during this timeframe when the Jews revolted against their Roman conquerors and , as a result , were banished to different parts of Europe and Asia or sold as slaves across the vast Roman Empire (Grayzel , 1984

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In the First Century , uprisings from various Jewish communities besieged the Roman Empire , the strongest being the Great Jewish Revolt (beginning in the 66 CE , ending late into the 73 CE . The Jews were defeated , and Jerusalem fell and was set ablaze by the Romans . The siege of Masada in the 73 CE was the final tragic event to the revolt (Josephus , c .75

The Second Century witnessed a restart of the revolts from the Jewish communities , the most famous being the Kitos War that happened during the years 115-117 CE , and Bar Kochba 's revolt during the 130s CE . Both ended with the defeat and annihilation of the Jewish population in Cyprus and Rome , respectively . The remaining Jewish population was banished out of Jerusalem , their Holy City (Hooker , n .d

There is not much said about the Third Century . It was devoid of any historical uprisings , but was instead filled with wrangling among rabbis on the editing of...