Abstract
Abstract The term “diaspora” derives from the classical Greek word , which literally means “scattering” or “dispersion.” While the classical Greek term reflected the positive and widespread scattering of seeds, in addition to the dispersion of people, today “diaspora” is used in academic and popular discourses primarily with reference to peoples who have been involuntarily displaced. The usage of the term diaspora in the Greek translation of the Bible to refer to the expulsion of the Jews (Deut. 28:25), led both to the Jewish diaspora being considered to be the archetypal diaspora, and to the equation of diasporas with forced displacement. Other prototypical diasporas have included the Greek and Armenian diasporas.
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