Chapter 1 Flashcards
Do the New Testament Books appear in chronological order?
No
The Old Testament was ORIGINALLY written in what language
Hebrew
Means having a general or universal rather than specific address
Catholic
What began under the Persians,also known as “the four hundred silent period”
Intertestamental period
Greek culture called ________ had been spreading for some time through Greek trade and colonization.
Hellenism
The Greek language had become the _______ ______ or common trade and diplomatic language
Lingua Franca
At Alexander’s death the empire was divided into ___ parts.
4
The ______ empire centered in Egypt .
Ptolemaic
The _______ empire centered in Syria.
Seleucid
Under Ptolemy Philadelphia Jewish scholars began to translate the Hebrew Old Testament into a Greek version called______
Septuagint
______ replaced the Jewish priest Onias 3 with Jason, who made Jerusalem into a _____ ______
Epiphanies
Greek City
Jews who opposed this paganization of their culture were called ________ which meant ______
Hasidens
Pinus
Epip Hanes replaced the Jewish high priest Jason with_______. This was selling their high priest office to the ______ ________
Menelaus
Highest Bidder
The first 5 books of the Old Testament is called the ____
Pentateuch
In 168 B.C. General Apollonius made it a capital offense to practice what?
Practice circumcision, Observe the sabbath,celebrate Jewish festivals or have old Testament scrolls
