Content Quiz Flashcards
721 B.C.
Assyrian Exile of Israel
587/6 B.C.
Babylonian Exile of Judah
167 B.C.
Antiochus IV orders defiling of Jerusalem Temple
63 B.C.
Pompey takes Jerusalem, enters Holy of Holies
37-4 B.C.
Herod the Great rules Judea
6-41 A.D.
Judea a Roman province
26-36 A.D.
Pontius Pilate governor of Judea
66-73 A.D.
Revolt against Rome
70 A.D.
Fall of Jerusalem
132-135 A.D.
Bar Kochba (Second Jewish) Revolt
Ptolemies
Rulers of the Egyptian portion of Alexander’s Empire
Seleucids
Rulers of the Persian portion of Alexander’s Empire
Sadducees
Jewish elite sect known for its disinterest in tradition, lack of belief in afterlife, and free will theology
Pharisees
Jewish populist sect known for its strict adherence to tradition, determinist theology, and afterlife belief
Essenes
Apparently contemplative Jewish sect known for its isolation, practice, and compatibilist theology
“Fourth Philosophy”
Various Jewish sects that resisted Roman rule, usually violently
Herodians
Jewish collaborators with the Roman state, specifically Herod
Septuagint
Greek translation of the OT
Apocrypha
Intertestamental works of Jewish literature such as Sirach, Tobit, 1 and 2 Maccabees, etc.
Pseudepigrapha
Early Christian works that either lack attribution or are clearly not written by their purported author, such as the didache.
Josephus
Jewish historian who collaborated with the Romans. Reference to Jesus can be found in his annals.
Philo
Greek Jewish Philosopher who introduced the concept of the logos
Dead Sea Scrolls
Scrolls found in Qumran that detail early Jewish and Christian life
Mishnah
rabbinic compilation of oral traditions
