Final Exam Practice Test on Jewish History and Gospels

Empire ruling Judea before Rome

Babylonian

Cultural movement influencing Jewish society

Hellenism

Leader of the Maccabean Revolt

Mattathias

Holiday commemorating the rededication of the temple

Hanukkah

Empire that first exiled the Israelites

Assyria

Description of the Septuagint

A Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures

Name adopted by Antiochus IV to claim divinity

Epiphanes

Year Alexander the Great conquered Judea

332 BCE

Who were the Hasmoneans?

Jewish leaders after the Maccabean revolt

Jewish reaction to Hellenism

Adoption and resistance

Group rejecting resurrection and accepting only the Torah

Sadducees

Pharisees were known for

Emphasizing ritual purity and synagogue worship

Jewish sect likely living at Qumran

Essenes

Meaning of 'Diaspora'

Dispersion of Jews outside Israel

Who were the Zealots?

Political revolutionaries

First Gospel written according to most scholars

Mark

Gospel focusing on Jesus's divinity

John

Gospel including the Sermon on the Mount

Matthew

Gospel presenting Jesus as a new Moses

Matthew

Gospel highlighting concern for the poor and marginalized

Luke

Who is Theophilus in Luke?

The intended recipient of the Gospel

Gospel ending with the empty tomb

Mark

Source shared by Matthew and Luke, but not Mark

Q

Gospel including the visit of the Magi

Matthew

Gospel portraying Jesus as a suffering servant

Mark

Gospel tracing Jesus' genealogy back to Adam

Matthew

Gospel containing seven signs and seven 'I am' statements

John

Gospel with the most Old Testament quotations

Matthew

The Synoptic Gospels

Matthew, Mark, Luke

Meaning of the term 'synoptic'

Similar content and structure

Event marking the beginning of the Church in Acts

Pentecost

Gift received by the apostles at Pentecost

Tongues

Paul's original name

Saul

Decision made at the Jerusalem Council

Gentiles are saved by grace

Letters in the New Testament attributed to Paul

13

City where Paul was converted

Damascus

Paul's theology emphasis

Justification by faith

Central theme of Galatians

Christian liberty and justification by faith

Term for a person who writes letters for another

Amanuensis

Primary recipients of Paul's letters

Local churches and individuals

New Testament book emphasizing 'faith without works is dead'

James

Genre of the book of Revelation

Apocalyptic

Traditional author of Revelation

John

NOT a General Letter

1 Timothy

Main purpose of Revelation

To offer hope and spiritual perspective

Beginning of the Maccabean Revolt

167 BCE

Period when Paul wrote most of his letters

50s-60s CE

Major event in 70 CE

Temple destroyed, rise of Rabbinic Judaism

When Pharisees morphed into Rabbinic Judaism

70 CE