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Five main eras of the Second Temple Period. Be sure to know the time frame for
each era. - CORRECT ANS Babylonian (606-539).
Persian (539-331).
Greek (331-167): Ptolemaic (320-198) and Seleucid (198-167).
Jewish Self-Rule (167-...
NBST 515 EXAM 1 LATEST
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ALREADY PASSED A+
Five main eras of the Second Temple Period. Be sure to know the time frame for
each era. - CORRECT ANS Babylonian (606-539).
Persian (539-331).
Greek (331-167): Ptolemaic (320-198) and Seleucid (198-167).
Jewish Self-Rule (167-63).
Roman (63BC - AD70).
Three crises experienced by the Jews that resulted from the Bab. captivity. -
CORRECT ANS Dissolution of the monarchy, loss of central sanctuary, proximity
to Gentiles.
Most likely period of time in why synagogue emerged. - CORRECT ANS Bab.
exile
Whether idol worship became more or less common among Jews living in exile -
CORRECT ANS Less common: they learned that God would not tolerate idol
worship.
Persian king who defeated Bab. - CORRECT ANS Cyrus of Persia
Who decreed that the Jewish people could return from exile to their homeland? -
CORRECT ANS Cyrus
Three phrases of the Greek period and the years in which each kingdom ruled
Israel. - CORRECT ANS Conquests of Alex the Great (331-320), Ptolemaic
period (320-198), and Seleucid (198-167).
Persian king defeated by Alex the Great that led to Alex becoming new world ruler.
- CORRECT ANS Darius III
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Whether Greek rulers typically provided more or less religious freedom to
conquered people than Persians rulers - CORRECT ANS Less
Alex's general who eventually established a kingdom in Egypt - CORRECT ANS
Ptolemy I Soter
What Josephus reveals about a great exportation of Jews to Egypt during the
Ptolemaic period. - CORRECT ANS On the Sabbath Ptolemy I invaded Israel
and took 120,000 Jews captive to Alexandria, where they stayed until Ptolemy's
son Philadelphus freed them.
Basic background about the LXX. - CORRECT ANS 70 or 72 scholars
translated the Hebrew Scripture into Greek in Alexandria. This was for Jews who
understood Greek better than Hebrew.
The meaning of the term "Epiphanes" - CORRECT ANS "The Glorious One":
implying that he was the incarnation of Zeus on earth
The two needs/desires of Antiochus IV and led to many hardships amongst the
Jewish people - CORRECT ANS Desire for the spread of Greek culture and the
need for great amounts of money to pay Rome led him to look to the Jerusalem
temple treasures with ever-increasing avarice.
The more severe measures taken by Antiochus IV against the Jewish people -
CORRECT ANS Allowing a Gentile into the temple, banning the Torah,
circumcision, festivals, and offerings to YHWH. Worst of all: dedicated the
Jerusalem temple to Zeus, erecting a statue of Zeus in the temple and sacrificing a
pig on the altar.
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Jewish priest from Modein who began a Jewish resistance movement against the
Seleucids. - CORRECT ANS Mattathias
Event that is commemorated in the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah. - CORRECT
ANS Mattathias' son Judas cleansing of the temple in 164 BC.
Violation of Scripture made by Jonathan, son of Mattathias. - CORRECT ANS
Accepted position of high priest from one of the other claimants to the Syrian throne
in 152 BC.
Son of Mattathias who achieved national autonomy for Israel - CORRECT ANS
Simon
Son of Simon known for expanding borders of the Judean territory into Moab and
Idumea. - CORRECT ANS Hyrcanus
First Hasmonean ruler to assume the title of king. - CORRECT ANS Aristobulus
Unpopular Hasmonean ruler who was married to Salome Alexandra and was
known for his brutality - CORRECT ANS Alexander Janneus
Hasmonean ruler known for making amends with the Pharisees - CORRECT
ANS Salome Alexandra
Roman general responsible for defeating Aristobulus II and making Judea a client
kingdom - CORRECT ANS Pompey
Ruler who was declared "king of the Jews" in 40 BC by the Roman Senate -
CORRECT ANS Herod
Herod's relationship to Rome (what type of king was he?) - CORRECT ANS
Client king - friend and ally of the Roman people
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