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Who was head of the Roman rule

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The emperor

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Who was in charge of the Jews

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The Romans

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When did the Romans take over

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In 63BC

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Who was the emperor

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Agustus

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What did the Romans introduce

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New cities,roads,entertainment,communication and laws

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What did the Jews want God to send them

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A messiah

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What did they want the messiah to do

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To bring them into battle and defeat the Romans

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Who were placed in charge of the people

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The governors

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Who was the king of the Jews

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Herod

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What did the Romans make them pay

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Expensive taxes

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What were the Jews allowed do in return for paying the taxes

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Practise their religion

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When did Herod die

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4BC

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What was the name given the the person whom ruled the territory

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The tetrarchy

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What does prophecy mean and what did they think the prophecys were like

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Seeing into the future and they believed that the prophets were divinely inspired

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What was palastine know as at the time of Abraham

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Caanan

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Here did palastine get its name from

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The philistines the people that once lived there

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Where did Jesus first meet his disciples

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At the Sea of Galilee

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Where was Jesus baptised

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In the river Jordan

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What is the first and last book in the bible

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1= genesis 2=revaluation

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How many writers are there

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40

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What is the OT divided into

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Law poetry History major and minor prophets

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What is the New Testament divided into

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  • Gospels
  • Acts
  • Paul’s Epistles
  • General Epistles
  • Prophesy
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What is the earliest know manuscript

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Codex sinaiticus

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When was it handwritten

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Over 1600 years ago

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Hat is the earliest know fragment in the nt

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Rylands papyrus

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Who’s fragment is it and when was it written

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John and 134AD

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Who and when was the first manuscript printed

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Gutenberg and 1456

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Who and when was the first bible translated

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John Wycliffe in 1380

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What and who are the evangelists

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Matthew mark Luke and John and evangelists means proclaimers of the good news

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Who and when was the first and last evangelists to write

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•The first gospel to be written was Mark, circa A.D. 64. The last was John, circa A.D. 90

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Why did they write the gospels

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  • To preserve vital information about Jesus.
  • To correct any mistaken ideas about his teachings.
  • To provide readings for Christian worship
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What was Matthew like

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Matthew
•Jewish, like Jesus
•tax collector
•Unpopular because of job
•Jesus called him, saying, “Follow me.”
•In images, Matthew is often shown writing his gospel.
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What is Matthews symbol

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His symbol is an angel, because the first story he tells in his gospel is about how an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream.

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What was mark like

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Mark
•Followed Jesus as a young boy
•not one of the twelve apostles
•he was a disciple of Jesus
•eyewitness of Jesus
•Shortest Gospel
•like a newspaper reporter, telling all the facts. (Matthew and Luke both consulted
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What is marks symbol and why

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In art, Mark is shown with a lion, because his Gospel begins with John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness.

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Hat is Luke like

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Doctor
•longer and more detailed than Matthew’s or Mark’s.
•lot about Mary.
•lot of great stories we don’t hear anywhere else, story of the Good Samaritan.
•has many stories about Jesus’ power to heal sick people

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What is Luke symbol

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Luke’s Symbol

•In art, Luke is shown with an ox, because his Gospel begins with Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, offering sacrifice in the temple at Jerusalem. Sometimes he is shown painting an icon

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John

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  • John was the youngest apostle
  • tells the story of Jesus in a different way.
  • Less about facts than about symbols.
  • Begins Gospel with a beautiful poem about what happened at Christmas: the word became flesh, and dwelt among us.
  • Doesn’t tell the story of
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What is John symbol

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John’s Symbol

  • John was thought to be the youngest apostle, so in art he is shown as a young man, without a beard, in contrast to the others.
  • His symbol is an eagle, because his writing “soars” to the mystical heights of heavenly
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What was the land of palastine like

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Mountains to the north

Desert to the left

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What three continents was palastine the crossroad of

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Europe asia and Africa

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Who was northern palastine given to

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Antipas (including Nazareth )

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Who was northeast given to

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Philip

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Who was judae given to

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Archelaus

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What did the evangelists write about

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The importance of jesus life

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What were the Pharisees known as

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The cream of Judaism

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We’re the Pharisees priests

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No they were laymen

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What did they claim they were

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Most religious

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What did the Pharisees believe was the only way to get into the kingdom of God.

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To follow hundreds of religious rules

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Who did the Pharisees control

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The synagogue

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Did the Pharisees like the Romans

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No they believed that God would free them with a messiah

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Did the Sadducees like the Romans and accept their rule

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Yes the Sadducees excepted Roman rule.

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What were the Sadducees

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Wealthy aristocrats

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What did the Sadducees dominate

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Sanhedrin

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What did the Sadducees control

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The key office of the high priest

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What kind of life did the Sadducees live

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They lived a non-jewish life but believed in a strict interpretation of the religious rules and they rejected any changes to these rules

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Did the zealots believe in Roman rule

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No they rejected Roman rule

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What did the zealots form

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They formed a resistance movement

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What campaign did some zealots form

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An assassination campaign

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What religious group did the zealots hate and why

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The Sadducees for working with the Romans

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Which one on Jesus followers was a zealot

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Simon

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Did the essences accept Roman rule

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No

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What did the essences do

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As a community of monks they opted out of society and set up religious communities in remote desert areas.

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What did they believe was happening to their religion

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They believed their religion was being corrupted

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What kind of life did the essences live

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A very strict life

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How long did an essence have to train for

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3years

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Who were the essences influenced by

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John the Baptist

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What was the name of the leader whom looked after the Jews

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Pontious Pilate

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What did the essences believed they had one true understanding of

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The Torah

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What were the zealots religious background like

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They were very religious but believed that violence was okay to pretect their religion

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Name the two Jewish non Christians documents about Jesus

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Antiquities of the Jews

Talmud

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Who was antiquities of the Jews written by

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Josephus in 90ad

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Who wrote Talmud and when

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Various rabbis in the second century

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Name the two Roman non Jewish documents

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Letter to emperor Trajan

Annals

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Who wrote letter to emperor Trajan and when

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Pliny in ad 110

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Who wrote annals and when

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Tacitus in ad 115

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How many gospels are there and what we they for

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4

To record the life and teachings of Jesus.

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How many acts of the apostles are there and what are they for.

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1

To describe the expansion of Christianity.

78
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How many epistles are there and what are they for.

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21

To offer advice to the early Christian communities and to clarify key teachings.

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How many books of revelations are there and what are they for.

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1

To predict the triumph of God and the final judgement of human beings at the of all time.

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