Chapter 4 Vocab Flashcards
The period from the completion of the second temple to its destruction
Second Temple period
Macedonion King whose military conquests of the Eastern Mediterranean greatly advanced the process of hellenization
Alexander the Great
The spread of Greek language and culture
Hellenization
The common language spoken for trade throughout the Roman Empire
Koinē Greek
The dynasty that arose in Egypt after the time of Alexander the Greats Empire
Ptolemies
The dynasty that arose in Syria after the time of Alexander the greats empire
Seleucids
Greek version of the Old Testament
Septuagint (LXX)
This refers to Jews who were not living in Israel but were dispersed throughout the Mediterranean world
Diaspora
The seleucid ruler who provoked the Maccabean rebellion because of his attempts to force hellenization on the Jews
Antiochus IV “Epiphanes”
Those who favored the adoption of Greek ideas (reforming)
Hellenists
Those who opposed the adoption of Greek ideas (conservative)
Hasidim”holy one”
The description of the temple of Jerusalem by Antiochus IV Epiphanes when he offered idolatrous sacrifices on the alter
Abomination of desolation
Mattathias son and first great leader of the Maccabean Revolt
Judas Maccabeus
What does Maccabeaus mean?
Hammer
The name given to Judas and his brothers who liberated Israel from Seleucid rule in the second century B.C.
The Maccabees