Editing Diaspora (section)

===Definition===
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The oldest known use of the word "diaspora" in English is in 1594 in [[John Stockwood|John Stockwood's]] translation of [[Lambert Daneau|Lambert Daneau's]] commentary on the [[Twelve Prophets]]. Daneau writes:

<blockquote>This scattering abrode of the Iewes, as it were an heauenly sowing, fell out after their returne from the captiuitie of Babylon. Wherevpon both Acts. 2. and also 1. Pet. 1. and 1. Iam. ver. 1. [sic] they are called ''Diaspora'', that is, a scattering or sowing abrode.<ref>{{cite book|last=Daneau|first=Lambert|title=A Fruitfull Commentarie Vpon the Twelue Small Prophets|page=1042|url={{GBurl|id=626mnQAACAAJ}}}}</ref></blockquote>

However, the current entry on "diaspora" in the ''[[Oxford English Dictionary Online]]'' dates the first recorded use a century later to 1694, in a work on ordination by the Welsh theologian James Owen. Owen wanted to prove that there is no difference in the Bible between Presbyters and Bishops; he cited the example of the Jews in exile:

<blockquote>The Presbyters of the Jewish ''Diaspora'', to whom St. ''Peter'' wrote, are requir'd ποιμαίνειν ϗ̀ ἐπισκοπείν, to feed or rule the Flock, and to perform the office and work of Bishops among them.<ref>{{cite book|last=Owen|first=James|title=A Plea for Scripture Ordination; or, Ten Arguments from Scripture and Antiquity, proving Ordination by Presbyters, without Bishops, to be valid|url={{GBurl|id=-3BjAAAAcAAJ|page=13}}|page=13}} Many today believe that the audience of the First Epistle of Peter to which Owen refers was in fact Christians of non-Jewish origin, but the consensus in Owen's time was that the letter was directed to ethnic Jews. See for example {{cite book|last=Calvin|first=John|title=Commentaries on the Catholic Epistles|url={{GBurl|id=ZBk2AQAAMAAJ|page=25}}|page=25}}</ref></blockquote>

The OED records a usage of "diaspora" in 1876, which refers to "extensive ''diaspora'' work (as it is termed) of evangelizing among the National Protestant Churches on the continent".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/52085 |title=diaspora, n. |work=[[Oxford English Dictionary Online]] |date=November 2010 |access-date=22 February 2011}}</ref>

The term became more widely assimilated into English by the mid 1950s, with long-term [[expatriates]] in significant numbers from other particular countries or regions also being referred to as a diaspora.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=diaspora |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |url= https://www.britannica.com/topic/diaspora-social-science |access-date=30 September 2022}}</ref> An academic field, [[diaspora studies]], has become established relating to this sense of the word.