Chapter 2

Question 0

Was Jesus educated?

Answer 0

Yes. And literate

Question 1

Jesus lived in Present Day country..

Answer 1

Palestine

Question 2

Jesus’ religion

Answer 2

Jew

Question 3

Center of Jesus’s ministry

Answer 3

Galilee

Question 4

Galileans had

Answer 4

A distinct dialect

Question 5

Jesus spoke

Answer 5

Aramaic

Question 6

Hometown of Jesus

Answer 6

Galilee.. Nazareth

Question 7

Population of Galilee

Answer 7

1,200 mainly Jewish

Question 8

Galileans looked down upon..

Answer 8

Frequent relations w/ non-jewish neighbors

Question 9

Samaritans and Jews did not get along:

Answer 9

1. Intermarried w/foreigners/ descended from foreigners half breeds
2. Different views of Scripture
3. Different idea of where true worship center of God was- Jesus takes loving attitude towards them

Question 10

Judea

Answer 10

Jerusalem- Home to Temple

Question 11

“Abba”

Answer 11

How Jesus addresses God

Question 12

Koine

Answer 12

Language of Roman Empire (greek)

Question 13

Latin was

Answer 13

Only speaken by Roman officials

Question 14

Jewish Synagogue

Answer 14

• prayer center
• scrolls were kept there
• worship began with Shema

Question 15

Temple in Jerusalem

Answer 15

• place sacrafices to God
• God’s Holy presence was there
• Temple tax for feasts
• pilgrimmage rules

Question 16

Passover

Answer 16

Liberation from slavery from Egypt; slaughter of Lamb

Question 17

Pentecost

Answer 17

YHWH’s giving if Law, 50 days after Passover

Question 18

Feast of Tabernacles

Answer 18

Fall harvest festival, people dwell in tents

Question 19

Hanukkah

Answer 19

Festival of rededication of Temple and the Maccabees

Question 20

Palestine was part of

Answer 20

Roman Empire

-Jews hated it because of history

Question 21

Herod the Great

Answer 21

Jewish ruler of Jesus’s birth

-not real jewish king- Jews did not like him

Question 22

Herod Antipas

Answer 22

ruled Jesus’ home province,

• had John Baptist killed
• son of Herod the Great
• “that fox”

Question 23

Pontius Pilate

Answer 23

Roman procurator

• tax collector
• peace keeper
• slaves were not labor, (butlers)

Question 24

Jewish Beliefs & Practices

Answer 24

• belief in Messiah (not Jesus)
• study of Torah, lifelong
• some believed in eternal life, others didnt
• belief in angels & demons

Question 25

Sanhedrin

Answer 25

Law making body & supreme court of Judaism, judged Jesus a threat

Question 26

Pharisees

Answer 26

strict observance of Law

~did believe in resurection of the body, fast, praying, almsgiving

Question 27

Sadducees

Answer 27

Centered in Jerusalem, cared for Temple & worship

~many are part of sanhedrin

Question 28

Essenes

Answer 28

Lived like monks, were celibatee & live in Qumran

Question 29

Zealots

Answer 29

Despised Roman rulea & wanted tk revolt against it, could be violent

Question 30

Tax collectors

Answer 30

Worked for Rome, would often steal money from fellow Jews

Question 31

Common people

Answer 31

simple people, could not read or write

Question 32

Gentiles

Answer 32

Non-Jews

Question 33

Women

Answer 33

Lowly, positions, looked upon as property w/ few legal rights