Jewish diaspora in the Greek lands according to biblical texts
a. καὶ εἰς πάσας τὰς χώρας καὶ Σαμψάμῃ καὶ Σπαρτιάταις καὶ εἰς Δῆλον καὶ Μύνδον καὶ Σικυῶνα καὶ εἰς τὴν Καρίαν καὶ εἰς Σάμον καὶ εἰς τὴν Παμφυλίαν καὶ εἰς τὴν Λυκίαν καὶ εἰς Ἁλικαρνασσὸν καὶ εἰς Ρόδον καὶ εἰς Φασηλίδα καὶ εἰς Κῶ καὶ εἰς Σίδην καὶ εἰς Ἄραδον καὶ εἰς Γόρτυναν καὶ Κνίδον καὶ Κύπρον καὶ Κυρήνην.
1 Macc., 15.23.
b. καὶ τί ὑμεῖς ἐμoί, Τύρoς καὶ Σιδὼν καὶ πᾶσα Γαλιλαία ἀλλoφύλων; […] καὶ τoὺς υἱoὺς Ἰoύδα καὶ τoὺς υἱoὺς Ἱερoυσαλὴμ ἀπέδoσθε τoῖς υἱoῖς τῶν Ἑλλήνων, ὅπως ἐξώσητε αὐτoὺς ἐκ τῶν ὁρίων αὐτῶν.
Joel, 4.4-6.
c. ἡ ῾Ελλὰς καὶ ἡ σύμπασα καὶ τὰ παρατείνοντα, οὗτοι ἐνεπορεύοντό σοι ἐν ψυχαῖς ἀνθρώπων καὶ σκεύη χαλκᾶ ἔδωκαν τὴν ἐμπορίαν σου. υἱοὶ Ροδίων ἔμποροί σου ἀπὸ νήσων ἐπλήθυναν τὴν ἐμπορίαν σου ὀδόντας ἐλεφαντίνους, καὶ τοῖς εἰσαγομένοις ἀντεδίδους τοὺς μισθούς σου, ἀνθρώπους ἐμπορίαν σου ἀπὸ πλήθους τοῦ συμμείκτου σου, στακτὴν καὶ ποικίλματα ἐκ Θαρσίς, καὶ Ραμὸθ καὶ Χορχὸρ ἔδωκαν τὴν ἀγοράν σου. ᾿Ιούδας καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ, οὗτοι ἔμποροί σου ἐν πράσει σίτου καὶ μύρων καὶ κασίας, καὶ πρῶτον μέλι καὶ ἔλαιον καὶ ρητίνην ἔδωκαν εἰς τὸν σύμμεικτόν σου.
Ezekiel, 27.13-17.
Jewish presence in the Greek lands with special reference to Boeotia
περὶ δὲ τῆς ἱεροπόλεως τὰ προσήκοντά μοι λεκτέον· αὕτη, καθάπερ ἔφην, ἐμὴ μέν ἐστι πατρίς, μητρόπολις δὲ οὐ μιᾶς χώρας Ἰουδαίας ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν πλείστων, διὰ τὰς ἀποικίας ἃς ἐξέπεμψεν ἐπὶ καιρῶν εἰς μὲν τὰς ὁμόρους, Αἴγυπτον, Φοινίκην, Συρίαν τήν τε ἄλλην καὶ τὴν Κοίλην προσαγορευομένην, εἰς δὲ τὰς πόρρω διῳκισμένας, Παμφυλίαν, Κιλικίαν, τὰ πολλὰ τῆς Ἀσίας ἄχρι Βιθυνίας καὶ τῶν τοῦ Πόντου μυχῶν, τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον καὶ εἰς Εὐρώπην, Θετταλίαν, Βοιωτίαν, Μακεδονίαν, Αἰτωλίαν, τὴν Ἀττικήν, Ἄργος, Κόρινθον, τὰ πλεῖστα καὶ ἄριστα Πελοποννήσου, καὶ οὐ μόνον αἱ ἤπειροι μεσταὶ τῶν Ἰουδαϊκῶν ἀποικιῶν εἰσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ νήσων αἱ δοκιμώταται, Εὔβοια, Κύπρος, Κρήτη.
Philo, Πρεσβεία προς Γάιον [On the Embassy to Gaius], 281-282, ed. L. Cohn-S. Reiter, Legatio ad Gaium, Philonis Alexandrini opera quae supersunt, Vol. 6 (Berlin 1915), p. 208.
On the presence of Jews in Thebes during the Norman raid of 1147
Rex Rogerius stolium suum in Romaniam misti et Corpho et Cephaloniam et Estivam et Corinthum omnemque aliam usque ad Malvasiam cepit [...] et cunctos Iudeos illius terrae captivos ad Siciliam duxit.
Annales Cavenses (13th c.), ed. G.H. Pertz, MGH, Script III, (Hannover 1839), p. 132.
Benjamin of Tudela on the Jewish community of Thebes
Thence [n.: from Corinth] it is two days' journey to the great city of Thebes, where there are about 2000 Jews. They are the most skilled artificers in silk and purple cloth throughout Greece. They have scholars learned in the Mishnah and the Talmud, and other prominent men, and at their head are the chief rabbi R. Kuti and his brother R. Moses, as well as R. Chiyah, R. Elijah Tirutot, and R. Joktan; and there are none like them in the land of the Greeks, except in the city of Constantinople.
M.N. Adler (ed., trans. and comm.), The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London 1907), p. 10.
Benjamin of Tudela on the Jewish community of Thebes
Thence [n.: from Corinth] it is two days' journey to the great city of Thebes, where there are about 2000 Jews. They are the most skilled artificers in silk and purple cloth throughout Greece. They have scholars learned in the Mishnah and the Talmud, and other prominent men, and at their head are the chief rabbi R. Kuti and his brother R. Moses, as well as R. Chiyah, R. Elijah Tirutot, and R. Joktan; and there are none like them in the land of the Greeks, except in the city of Constantinople.
M.N. Adler (ed., trans. and comm.), The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London 1907), p. 10.