New Testament Studies Unit 1 Review

Exegesis

To "excavate" history and dig up the truth

Hermeneutics

To bring the historical truth home and apply it to today

What are the 7 contextual seats we studied?

Literary context, geographic context, historical context, cultural context, linguistic context, physical setting, grand narrative

Alexander the Great

Spread Hellenism through the lands he conquered, including Palestine. Jews experienced pressure to conform to Greek culture.

Hellenism

Greek culture, language, and thought

LXX / Septuagint

The name of the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible

Antiochus Epiphanies IV

Sacked Jerusalem, looted the Temple, outlawed the observation of the Sabbath, burned the Scriptures, and committed the "Abomination of Desolation."

Antiochus Epiphanies IV's "Abomination of Desolation"

This is when Antiochus sacrificed pigs to Zeus (and himself) on the altar of the temple- the worst offense to the Jews.

Judas "The Hammer" Maccabeus

In response to Antiochus IV's actions, he and his friends revolted and regained the temple.

Maccabean Revolt

The rebellion of Judas Maccabeus and his friends against Antiochus IV.

Hanukkah

The Jewish celebration of the rededication of the Temple

Alexander Jannaeus

Started a 6-year civil war, in which 50,000 were killed. He later crucified 800 Pharisees during a banquet and forced their wives and children to watch.

General Pompey

Invaded Jerusalem, killing 12,000 in one day, and defiled the Most Holy Place of the Temple.

Herod the Great

Paranoid, narcissistic, had two rival sons and one of his wives killed. He knew people would celebrate the day he died, so he arranged for a massacre for that day so that people would mourn instead.