Chapter 4 Flashcards
8 day Jewish festival that recalls the fight for religious freedom against the Syrians.
Hannukkah
Jewish feast that commemorates the Exodus.
Passover
Jewish feast of the Ten Commandments and of thanksgiving for the harvest.
Pentecost
Jewish New Year.
Rosh Hashanah
The Lord’s Day; a day of rest; Saturday.
Sabbath
Fall Jewish feast to recall the time the Israelites lived in tents in the desert.
Tabernacles (Sukkot)
The Day of Atonement; day of fasting and repentance.
Yom Kippur
When the Son of God became ___, he chose to live _____ years ago in a country in the Middle East called _________.
Man
2,000
Palestine
During Jesus’ time Palestine was as big as _______.
Vermont
What are the 3 main areas of Palestine? Where are they located?
Galilee / North
Samaria / South
Judah / South
Where is Nazareth? What happened there?
Galilee
Jesus grew up there
What was Jesus home base during his public ministry?
Capernaum - near the Sea of Galilee
Jesus life began in ________ and ended in _________, both in ______________
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Judea
Describe Galilee
Mountainous and beautiful
We were considered heretics because we intermarried with foreigners and worshiped in our own temple at mount Gerizim instead of at temple in Jerusalem
Samaritans
If you were a person in Palestine
What three languages would you Speak?
Aramaic mainly
Hebrew for prayer
Greek because it’s the language of the land
The Lords Day is called
Sabbath
Where sabbath services are held that was the center of prayer, education and social life
Synagogue
Scrolls of the Torah were read and preached here
Synagogue
Jesus was Jewish.
When did Jewish people pray?
Before and after eating
Morning and night
Prayer Jewish people prayed every morning and evening - was
The main commandment
Shema
Small case on right doorway post that holds copy of shema - it was touched on entering and leaving a house
Mezuzah
Means peace
Shalom
Devout men put prayer shawl on and heads were strapped with small boxes on their forehead that contained word of God while doing this
Praying the shema
Three major Jewish feasts
Passover
Pentecost
Tabernacles
The symbol of the Jewish faith and the
Only place where sacrifices were offered
Temple
Freedom fighters who sometimes use violence to overthrow Rome
Zealots
Mentally unhappy with the Jewish Faith - they withdrew to desert for pure life waiting for God
Essenes
71 Jewish men who served as a supreme council in Judea -leader almost a king and a spiritual leader
Sanhedrin
Priests who do not believe in resurrection
Sadduccees
Scholarly teachers among the Pharisees
Scribes
The law which is the first five books of the bible
Torah
Middle class Jews who Interpret the law strictly. Believe in angels and resurrection
Pharisees
When Jesus lived Palestine was occupied by ____________
Rome
Roman emporers during Jesus time
Augustus Caesar and
His son Tiberius Caesar
King of Palestine who was cruel - killed own family because he feared they would overthrow his power
Herod the great
Herod the great 3 sons
Archelaus
Herod Antipas
Philip
Sentenced Jesus to death
Pontius Pilate
He ruled Galilee and Jesus called him the “fox”
Herod Antipas
Non Jews are called______
Gentiles
Jewish men who collected taxes for Rome - most unliked people
Publicans
________ respected Jewish practices
Rome
