New Testament Background

Jesus grows up and centers his ministry in .

Galilee

Jesus is killed in _, at the city of Jerusalem

Judea

is across the Jordan River, and was perhaps a way for Jesus a way of evading trouble from Jewish higher-ups.

Bethsaida

Jesus is killed in the city of ____, the Holy City and center of Israel.

Jerusalem

Jesus is born in .

Bethlehem

The Dead Sea Scrolls were found in .

Qumran

After a series of wars, Galilee, Samaria, and Judea are assumed into the Roman Empire in ____

63 BC

The Romans appointed local " kings" in their conquered areas to keep control and satisfaction among the conquered peoples. However, taxation is __.

puppet; extreme

King (the Great) was appointed as the local king of Judea, and was ruthless. Was considered a "____-Jew" because he was born as a Jew but lived as a Roman.

Herod; half

King Herod the Great put money towards to appease the people. The temple is reconstructed from BC-AD.

Jerusalem; 20.B.C-70.A.D

King Herod the Great becomes paranoid and kills most of his family members except for his 3 sons: Herod , ___, and ____. When Herod dies, his territory is divided between his 2 sons.

Archelaus; Antipas; Phillip II

Jesus refers to Herod _ as "that fox". They have a specific rivalry during Jesus's life.

Antipas

___ was a Roman prefect/governor. He ranks above Herod because he's Roman. He was also ruthless, but in the Bible is described as being softer.

Pontius Pilate

Jobs of a Roman prefect were to oversee the collection of , approving/denying death sentences imposed by the __, keeping the ___, and reporting to _ about the general state of affaires.

taxes; Sanhedrin; peace; Rome

The first of 2 major organized Jewish revolts is the Jewish Revolt in -_ AD. It is crushed by the Romans, the Romans destroy the Judean , killed thousands of Jews, and sacked Jerusalem including destroying the __ in AD.

66-73; countryside; temple; 70

The second major organized Jewish revolt was in -AD, and it also fails. After this revolt, the Jewish people are dispersed throughout the empire, no longer in the land. The Jewish faith continues, but without a __.

132-135; promised; nation

Most common people don't side with a Jewish _ because it takes time and money to be ___ enough to be affiliated with one.

sect; educated

_ was a 1st century Jewish historian, most of our info on the Jewish sects comes from him. Wrote what is considered to be the ___ recorded non-Christian account of the existence of Jesus.

Josephus; earliest

The __ were known as "separatists", they required a prerequisite of of the scriptures. Were therefore probably very . Had a great amount of _ on kings, priests, and nearly all religious matters. At the time were the chief ___ of the scriptures.

Pharisees; education; wealthy; influence; interpreters

When the temple was destroyed, it was the ' interpretation and reapplication of the Torah to the Jewish peoples' changed situation that helped make possible the survival of their _ and way of life.

Pharisees; religion

There are some disagreements between Jesus and the on how the law should be practiced, but Jesus was known to be on good terms with some (Nicodemus)

Pharisees

The Pharisees believed in a coming day, __ of the dead, a future of rewards and penalties based on deeds in this life, and the existence of ___ and ___.

judgement; resurrection; life; angels and demons

The __ pursued a high standard of religious commitment and personal righteousness, but perhaps too high a standard for the Jewish person.

Pharisees; common

The were known as the "righteous ones", and were probably Jesus's biggest ___. They were typically upper-class Jews and were very wealthy. They largely controlled the Priesthood and the __.

Sadducees; opponents; temple

The Sadducees refused to accept __ ideas from the Tanak, had a reading of the Torah, and a narrow concentration on temple __.

developing; literal; ritual

The was the highest court of religious Jewish law, they executed the law. Was made up of Pharisees and Sadducees.

Sanhedrin

The __ were an ascetic Jewish sect that thought the end of the world was coming soon, and were preparing themselves for the . They had a communal of wine and bread and they initiates.

Essenes; apocalypse; meal; baptized

an _ life is a life dedicated to contemplative ideals, containing extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reason; denies material satisfaction.

ascetic

The ___ had a passionate commitment to Jewish religious and political freedom (and therefore dedicated to the removal of the ______). However, their blind nationalism and refusal to ______ during revolts could've led to the Roman destruction of the __.

Zealots; Romans; surrender; temple

_ means Greek culture. A passion for learning, an intense intellectual curiosity, and confidence in the power of reason and logic to discover the truth.

Hellenism

Jesus probably lived around __B.C. to ___ A.D.

6-30

Jesus's ministry only begins a few years before his death, probably around ____ A.D.

28

_ (69-122A.D.) was a non-Christian Roman and the secretary to Emperor Hadrian. Refers to Jesus at some point.

Suetonius

_ (56-120A.D.) was a Roman historian; he refers to Jesus's crucifixion in his report on the fire of Rome, which occurred in about ___ A.D.

Tacitus; 64

The historian's creed: Jesus lived in Galilee. He preached, healed, and had . He came to Jerusalem; he argued with the temple authorities and he was crucified by the _.

followers; Romans

In the 1st century, women were probably getting married and having children at the age of ____.

15

Jesus was born at a time of great tension.

political

In Jesus's time, life expectancy was - in the peasantry and - in the elites.

25-30; 60-70

The term "kingdom of God" was a _ term. Used to show a Kingdom of God here on __, and was a direct challenge to ___'s rule.

political; Earth; Caesar

Jesus was probably in stature, darker in skin, and with a messy __.

short; beard

Jesus's movement around the Sea of Galilee began after __ ___ ___ was put in prison.

John the Baptist

On the Sea of Galilee, Jesus preached about the ___ __ . He moved around quickly and spoke in parables so it was harder to __ him.

Kingdom of God; catch

the word parable means __

comparison

Scholars believe that Jesus was a of some kind due to his widespread reputation as one.

healer

Jesus was noticed in Jerusalem due to his revolutionary preaching in the middle of ___, a time of celebrating freedom. This was dangerous to the Romans.

Passover

Ultimately, __ was the one who ordered Jesus's crucifixion.

Pontius Pilate

__ was an incredibly excruciating execution form inflicted only by ___.

crucifixion; Romans

Jesus was charged with .

treason

Usually, those who are crucified don't get a __, but a higher-up in Rome used his stature to get Jesus's body back to his followers.

burial

__ evidence attests that, at the very least, Jesus's followers saw something that pushed them to continue their faith.

Historic