Theology Exam 2

Indicate whether each of the following activities occurred in Jewish synagogues.

animal sacrifices offered in accordance with the laws of the Torah

False

Indicate whether each of the following activities occurred in Jewish synagogues.

communal sabbath worship

True

Indicate whether each of the following activities occurred in Jewish synagogues.

legal proceedings and political meetings

True

Indicate whether each of the following activities occurred in Jewish synagogues.

study of the Torah

True

In connection with Hellenization among the ancient Jews, the degree to which, and the contexts within which, Jews were integrated into Gentile society.

Assimilation

In connection with Hellenization among the ancient Jews, the use to which Jews put their knowledge of Greek language and culture, whether motivated by antagonism, guarded sympathy, or enthusiasm.

Accomodation

Gentiles who worshiped with Jews in synagogues, even though they did not convert to Judaism and therefore did not become circumcised (if male) or observe all the purity rules

God-fearers(or fearers of God)

The Greek translation of the Jewish Scriptures commonly used by non-Hebrew-speaking Jewish communities in cities and towns outside the Holy Land.

Septuagint

From the Greek word meaning “scattering,” a reference to members of an ethnic group distributed in geographical areas outside the ethnic group’s traditional homeland.

Diaspora

In connection with Hellenization among the ancient Jews, the degree to which Jews acquired facility in, or familiarity with, Greek language as a body of knowledge and a set of values.

Acculturation

Indicate whether each statement about the Temple, the priests, and the High Priest is true or false.

Gentiles were permitted within the Portico.

False

Indicate whether each statement about the Temple, the priests, and the High Priest is true or false.

All of the priests were entitled to enter the Holy of Holies on Yom Kippur.

False

Indicate whether each statement about the Temple, the priests, and the High Priest is true or false.

The animal sacrifices mandated by the Torah were conducted by the priests in the Holy Place

True

Indicate whether each statement about the Temple, the priests, and the High Priest is true or false.

The Romans began to supervise the appointment of High Priests after Herod the Great beheaded the last Hasmonean High Priest.

True

The king who was the guest of the Roman governor Porcius Festus and before whom Saint Paul made an impassioned defense.

Herod Agrippa II

The tetrarch of Trachonitis and neighboring areas east of Galilee identified in the Gospels as the earlier husband of Herodias (the mother of Salome, who asked for the head of John the Baptist on a platter).

Herod Philip

The tetrarch of Galilee during Jesus’ public ministry

Herod Antipas

The king who ordered the martyrdom of the Apostle Saint James, son of Zebedee, and who imprisoned Saint Peter.

Herod Agrippa I

The dynasty’s first king, who ruled at the time of Jesus’ birth.

Herod the Great

The ruler whose accession prompted Saint Joseph to settle the Holy Family in Galilee rather than Judaea after they returned from Egypt.

Herod Archelaus

Indicate whether each of the following statements about Jewish education during the New Testament era is accurate or inaccurate.

An extensive system of free public schools was established to educate children

False

Indicate whether each of the following statements about Jewish education during the New Testament era is accurate or inaccurate.

Focus on the Torah was a defining characteristic.

True

Indicate whether each of the following statements about Jewish education during the New Testament era is accurate or inaccurate.

Parents played a central role in their children’s education.

True

Indicate whether each of the following statements concerning the Samaritans is true or false.

Some New Testament passages depict Samaritans in a positive way, and others depict Samaritans in a negative way.

True

Indicate whether each of the following statements concerning the Samaritans is true or false.

Jews and Samaritans were related groups with many similarities, including monotheistic religious belief, the practice of circumcision, and worship in synagogues.

True

 Indicate whether each of the following statements concerning the Samaritans is true or false.

The historical details of the origins of the Samaritans are not known with absolute certainty.

True

Indicate whether each of the following statements concerning the Samaritans is true or false.

Worship at the Jerusalem Temple was central to Samaritan theology.

False

Indicate whether each of the following statements about the Jewish Sanhedrin is accurate or inaccurate.

Both Pharisees and Sadducees were members of it.

True

Indicate whether each of the following statements about the Jewish Sanhedrin is accurate or inaccurate.

The Roman governor could allow it to administer certain tax matters.

True

Indicate whether each of the following statements about the Jewish Sanhedrin is accurate or inaccurate.

The Roman governor presided over it whenever it was convened.

False

Indicate whether each of the following statements about the Jewish Sanhedrin is accurate or inaccurate.

It was allowed to execute the death penalty.

False

Indicate whether each of the following statements about the Torah’s rules for ritual impurity is true or false.

All forms of ritual impurity resulted from the commission of sin.

False

Indicate whether each of the following statements about the Torah’s rules for ritual impurity is true or false.

Ritual impurity disallowed a person from entering the Temple and participating in activities conn

True

Indicate whether each of the following statements about the Torah’s rules for ritual impurity is true or false.

A state of ritual impurity could often be undone by some form of ritual cleansing.

True

Indicate whether each of the following statements regarding circumcision, the Sabbath, dietary laws, and purity regulations is accurate or inaccurate.

All were rooted in the Torah.

True

Indicate whether each of the following statements regarding circumcision, the Sabbath, dietary laws, and purity regulations is accurate or inaccurate.

Christianity observed them more rigorously than any Jewish sect.

False

Indicate whether each of the following statements regarding circumcision, the Sabbath, dietary laws, and purity regulations is accurate or inaccurate

They failed to distinguish practicing Jews from their Gentile neighbors.

False

Indicate whether each of the following statements regarding circumcision, the Sabbath, dietary laws, and purity regulations is accurate or inaccurate.

Their theological significance concerned the entire Jewish people as a nation, not just the individual practicing Jew.

True

Indicate whether each of the following was a teaching of the Pharisees or the Sadducees.

Angels do not exist

Sadduccees

 Indicate whether each of the following was a teaching of the Pharisees or the Sadducees.

Human being’s actions are solely the result of free choice

Sadduccees

 Indicate whether each of the following was a teaching of the Pharisees or the Sadducees.

There will be a future resurrection of the dead

Pharisees

 Indicate whether each of the following was a teaching of the Pharisees or the Sadducees.

There will be an afterlife of reward or punishment for actions in this life

Pharisees