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Question 1

jesus -

Answer 1

historical jesus = image of what the actual person jesus was like and what he did, without the interpretations of the church; some present day scholars work as thought they were able to present the facts about jesus’ life without at the same time inserting their own interpretations; thus presenting their “historical jesus” ADD MORE INFO conducted mission of preaching and healing in Palestine about AD 28-30; followers considered him to be christ or messiah and son of god; belief in his resurrection from the dead is the central tenet of christianity

Question 2

pontius pilate -

Answer 2

roman procurator of Palestine who condemns Jesus to death

Question 3

zealots -

Answer 3

member of ancient Jewish sect aiming at world jewish theocracy and resisting Romans until AD 70

Question 4

pharisees -

Answer 4

one of the leading interpretations of Judaism in the first century CE, they were known as the expert interpreters of the Law

Question 5

Sadducees -

Answer 5

one of the leading interpretations of judaism in first century CE; this group had many priests as members

Question 6

Essenes -

Answer 6

semi monastic interpretation of judaism; began as protest against way the maccabeans were running the temple; eschatology fueled their expectation that God would intervene to put them in charge of the temple; probably authors of Dead Sea Scrolls