Exile, Babylonian

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | 248 words | Copyright

Exile, Babylonian. Exile of the Jews in Babylon in the 6th cent. BCE. From this experience and history derives the phrase, ‘a Babylonian exile’, to describe other periods of exile from a home circumstance. See also DIASPORA and GALUT.

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