The Exile of the Elites of Judah

The loss of the temple is one thing that starts to cultivate this sense of the text as the place to look for, understand God. Even when we don't have that, the Torah and reading Torah and gathering to study Torah in these other places becomes that authoritative practice. So then maybe this concept, this is probably an anachronism, but would it be fair to say in some sense then this concept of authority travels?