Chapter 2

Question 1

Who are the Jews descended from?

Answer 1

Abram. (Later Abraham.)

Question 2

Which civilization was Abram a part of?

Answer 2

Sumerian Ur

Question 3

Who was Abram’s wife?

Answer 3

Sarai (Later Sarah.)

Question 4

Who were Abraham’s two sons?

Answer 4

Isaac and Ishmael.

Question 5

Who’s children and grandchildren would constitute the patriarchs of Israel?

Answer 5

Jacob (Israel.)

Question 6

How many Jewish tribes were half Egyptian? (At least intially.)

Answer 6

Two.

Question 7

What was the Exodus?

Answer 7

The Israelities fleeing from slavery in Egypt.

Question 8

What is the approximate date of the Exodus?

Answer 8

1446 B.C.

Question 9

Who transmitted to the Jews the law and when did this person do so?

Answer 9

God. During the Israelities wandering for forty years.

Question 10

Before the King Era in Israel, who ruled the Jews?

Answer 10

A series of judges appointed by God.

Question 11

God sent what to inform Israel of the consequences of disobedience?

Answer 11

Prophets.

Question 12

Who was the first King of Israel?

Answer 12

King Saul.

Question 13

Who succeeded King Saul?

Answer 13

King David.

Question 14

Where were most legal matters decided?

Answer 14

In the tribe.

Question 15

How would we characterize Israel?

Answer 15

An ethno-religio-political entity. (Not a state.)

Question 16

Who succeeded King David?

Answer 16

Solomon.

Question 17

Under which King did Israel achieve its greatest prosperity?

Answer 17

Solomon.

Question 18

Under who’s rule was the First Temple constructed?

Answer 18

Solomon.

Question 19

How did the tribes of Israel divide after the rule of Solomon?

Answer 19

The Northern Kingdom of Israel had ten tribes. The Southern Kingdom of Judah had two tribes. (Judah and Benjamin).

Question 20

Who conquered the Nothern Kingdom of Israel first?

Answer 20

The Assyrians.

Question 21

Who conquered the Southern Kingdom of Judah first?

Answer 21

The Babylonians.

Question 22

What happened as a result of Babylon conquering Judah?

Answer 22

The Babylonian Captivity/Exile.

Question 23

Who allowed the Jews to return home?

Answer 23

King Cyrus

Question 24

What did Cyrus also do for the Jews?

Answer 24

Helped fund the building of the Second Temple.

Question 25

What is another name for the Second Temple?

Answer 25

Zerubbabel's Temple

Question 26

What is a scattering of the Jews called?

Answer 26

A diaspora.

Question 27

When does Jewish culture become interlinked with Greek Culture?

Answer 27

After Alexander the Great Conquers Persia.

Question 28

What are cleruchs?

Answer 28

Approximately warrior-farmer-serfs.

Question 29

Where did the vast majority of Jews settle after Alexander's empire was divided?

Answer 29

Alexandria. (They became highly Hellenized.)

Question 30

Where did the Jews worship after the diaspora?

Answer 30

At synagogues.

Question 31

What is the main Greek translation of the Bible?

Answer 31

The Septuagint.

Question 32

In Israel who rose to power and forced Hellenization of the Jews?

Answer 32

Antiochus IV Epiphanes.

Question 33

What did Antiochus IV Epiphanes do in regards to Israel's religion?

Answer 33

Destroyed thousands of copies of the Torah. Banned Jewish religious practice. And mandated the worship of Zeus and the Olympians.

Question 34

Which people led the revolt against Antiochus IV Epiphanes?

Answer 34

The Maccabees.

Question 35

On what holiday do the Jews celebrate retaking Israel?

Answer 35

Chanukkah.

Question 36

What are the sources for this event?

Answer 36

1 and 2 Maccabees and Josephus.

Question 37

What government followed Antiochus IV Epiphanes?

Answer 37

The Hasmonean Dynasty.

Question 38

What did the Israelites thing was an abomination in government?

Answer 38

The office of high priest merging with the kingship since only the Messiah could hold both at the same time.

Question 39

Who conquered the Jews after the Hasmonean Dynasty?

Answer 39

Pompey the Great and the Romans.

Question 40

After Pompey's death who gained control?

Answer 40

Antipater.

Question 41

Who invaded Israel after Ceasar's death?

Answer 41

The Partinans.

Question 42

Who helped expel the Partinans invasion?

Answer 42

Marc Antony.

Question 43

Who did Marc Antony replace Antipater with?

Answer 43

Herod the Great.

Question 44

Under who's leadership would Israel become a client-state of Rome?

Answer 44

Augustus Ceasar.

Question 45

Who were the Spiritual Ancestors of western civilization?

Answer 45

The Jews.

Question 46

What religious idea was largely unheard of in the early world?

Answer 46

That man could have a relationship with God.

Question 47

What characteristics did the Jewish God possess that other gods did not?

Answer 47

Sovereignty, transcendent, and omnipotent.

Question 48

What aspect of Jewish religion was unmirrored in other religions?

Answer 48

Monotheism.

Question 49

How did the Jewish worldview change the Jews view of history?

Answer 49

History was not a cycle but a line that had a purpose. All events had some form of meaning an purpose.

Question 50

Define Imago Dei.

Answer 50

Image of God.

Question 51

How did Jewish law vastly differ from other societies?

Answer 51

The law applied to every person and had elements of God's justice, mercy, and compassion. The law followed God's standards for right and wrong.

Question 52

Faith vs. Reason or Faith and Reason?

Answer 52

Faith and Reason.

Question 53

What do the Jews show us in regard to Faith and Reason?

Answer 53

The two are compatible.