the Forgotten Diaspora Companion - Volume I: Exile, Empire, and Paths of Dispersion

The Forgotten Diaspora Companion - Volume I is the research extension of Book 2, The Forgotten Diaspora. It examines the evidence behind the historical narrative, beginning with covenant warning and ancient exile and moving through Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Rome, Egypt, North Africa, African historical networks, Iberia, forced conversion, Sephardic dispersion, and the Atlantic threshold.Rather than asking one source, tradition, map, migration route, or genetic claim to carry the entire argument, the Companion compares multiple forms of evidence and clearly distinguishes established facts, well-supported conclusions, plausible interpretations, debated claims, speculation, and what remains unestablished. Primary sources, historical context, migration corridors, community traditions, competing interpretations, and research cautions are presented so readers can examine the evidence for themselves.Volume I ends at the Atlantic threshold. Volume II continues the investigation into the mature Atlantic system, slavery, law, religious control, genealogy, DNA, memory, and the final convergence of evidence.