F-5

Question 1

paul -

Answer 1

persecutor of the church who has an experience of the risen Christ on the wa to Damascus that leads him to become a believer; becomes apostle and leading missionary to Gentiles in first generation of the church; letters to his churches account for more books in NT than any other author

Question 2

Stephen -

Answer 2

first Christian martyr; also one of the first people appointed as a deacon in jerusalem church

Question 3

james -

Answer 3

(1) one of original twelve disciples of jesus; became leader of the Jerusalem church, executed in 44 (2) brother of Jesus who becomes leader of Jerusalem church after the execution of James who had been a disciple of Jesus

Question 4

Daniel -

Answer 4

leading character in book of daniel; lived in time of exile; example of remaining faithful to God among the temptations and persecutions of life in a culture dominated by non-Israelites who worship many gods

Question 5

Sandhedrin -

Answer 5

assembly of twenty-three to seventy-one men appointed in every city in the Land of Israel. In the Hebrew Bible,[2] Moses and the Israelites were commanded by God to establish courts of judges who were given full authority over the people of Israel, who were commanded by God to obey every word the judges instructed and every law they established

Question 6

hasmoneans/Maccabeans -

Answer 6

hasmonean = family name of the Maccabean leaders

maccabean = jewish rebels against Hellenization in 2nd century BC; Maccabean Revolt = judea revolt that began in 167BCE against the decrees outlawing the practice of judaism in judea by antiochus IV