Fact: The Dispersion

The Dispersion (7:35) referred to Jewish people scattered throughout the world. Many Jews were exiled from their homeland in 722 and 586 B.C. Those taken to Babylon in 586 were later allowed to return home, but many stayed in Babylon and others moved west into Greece. After the destruction of the temple in A.D. 70, many Jews were sold into slavery and further scattered abroad.