CHRM 1330 Exam 1 Questions & Answers 2024/2025
The ptolemies? (to the south of Palestine in Egypt. (Backup - seleucids in Syria) - ANSWERSWhat was the political status of Judea upon the death of Alexander the Great? (Who ruled the Jewish homeland at this point?)
3x as many Jews living outsi...
The ptolemies? (to the south of Palestine in Egypt. (Backup - seleucids in Syria) - ANSWERSWhat was the
political status of Judea upon the death of Alexander the Great? (Who ruled the Jewish homeland at this
point?)
3x as many Jews living outside Palestine than in it - ANSWERSHow was the Jewish population distributed
during the Hellenistic period? (Where did the majority of the Jewish people live? Within Palestine or
outside that Jewish homeland?)
They combined the office of priest (religion) and king (political). Heirs of the successful revolutionaries
ruled as priest-kings - ANSWERSHow did the Hasmonean rulers relate to the offices of priest and king?
(Who were the leading priests and who were the royal family?)
Entered Jerusalem in 63, enters temple and the holy of holies - ANSWERSWhat actions did the Roman
general Pompey take in Jerusalem?
At the beginning - Hadrian?
At the end - no roman emperor, now fully pagan city - ANSWERSWho was Roman emperor at the
beginning of the great Jewish revolt and who was Roman emperor at the end of that rebellion?
Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzer in 586BC - ANSWERSWhat imperial power sent Israel into exile?
Antiochus IV - ANSWERSWho was the gentile ruler whose policies led to the Maccabean revolt?
Three years after the temples desecration, judas cleansed and reconsecrated it - ANSWERSWhat
historical event is celebrated in the Jewish festival of Hanukkah?
Titus - ANSWERSWho was the Roman general who oversaw the siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD?
, 10-15% - ANSWERSApproximately what fraction of the population was literate in the ancient
Mediterranean world?
Agrarian society - ANSWERSIn economic terms, what type of society was Palestine in the New Testament
era?
Honour is a public affirmation of a person's values by his or her peers. Shame is the lack or loss of
honour due to one's social position or through actions that cause one to lose face. - ANSWERSWhat was
the significance of honour and shame as cultural values in the New Testament era?
Impurity is not the same thing as sin, in the Jewish world, people would become impure through sexual
intercourse, genital discharge, childbearing, or by coming into contact with certain foods, liquids,
animals, or a corpse. So there could be some overlap between sins and impurity - ANSWERSHow did
impurity and sinfulness relate to one another? (Was "impurity" identical to "sin"?)
Kinship could be created by devotion to a common set of ideals and a shared way of life
"devoted to Jesus and united by a common concern to love and support one another as a single family" -
ANSWERSAlthough the early church was comprised of people who were ethnically mixed and socially
diverse, how did they view their kinship with one another?
the Sadducees - ANSWERSWhat New-Testament-era Jewish group viewed the temple as its power base?
the Essenes - ANSWERSWhat New-Testament-era Jewish group was probably responsible for the writing
of the documents known as the Dead Sea Scrolls?
Aramaic, Hebrew, Greek - ANSWERSWhat languages did Jesus speak?
Coastal Plain, Central Mountains, Jordan Valley, Trans Jordan - ANSWERSOf what type(s) of geography
did first-century Palestine consist?
Pharisees - ANSWERSWhat New-Testament-era Jewish group sought to bring about Israel's
eschatological restoration through strict observance of the Torah?
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