https://doi.org/10.21852/sem.2010.27.1
The Diaspora (hebr. gālût), it is a common term describing Jewish presence outside of Eretz Israel. Greek term "Diaspora" is equivalent to Hebrew idea of dispersing or scattering in different directions. The term contains a complexity of historical, geographical, social and cultural conditions. Jewish Diaspora phenomenon became a new reality in the history of Israel during the Second Temple period. This reality was expressed in Jewish writings, nowadays qualified according to convergence and antagonism theory; the main problem concerned was a question of Jewish identity in Diaspora. This identity was focused on the relation between Jewish moral, having its source in the conscience of the covenant and intellectual and universal values of the Hellenistic culture. The conclusion of that kind of studies is that it is impossible to establish any universal definition of Jewish Diaspora. It is also impossible to work out a kind of universal model being able to grasp all the aspects of Jewish life in the Diaspora.
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