F-6

Question 1

cornelius -

Answer 1

roman centurion who in acts 10-11 becomes the first Gentile convert to the church

Question 2

alexander the great -

Answer 2

macedonian king who conquers southern greece and then all the territory east to border of india; reaching as far north as black sea and as far south as north africa; created largest empire the world had seen; all territories he instituted the policy of hellenization to form common culture based on greek culture

Question 3

antiochus Epiphanies IV -

Answer 3

syrian king who outlawed judaism in judea and defiled the temple in 167 BCE; his actions led to the maccabean revolt; added title Epiphanes to his name

Question 4

job -

Answer 4

leading character in book of Job; god allows terrible things to happen to him and his family as a demonstration that Job is not faithful o God only because God blesses him; this book raise the issue of theodicy and questions the deuteronomistic scheme

Question 5

Cyrus the Great -

Answer 5

Ruler of the Persian Empire 539-530BCE who allows the Judahites (remaining Israelites) to return to their ancestral land (Judah); Isaiah calls him God’s messiah, anointed one

Question 6

Ezra -

Answer 6

Jewish priest and scribe who played a central part in the reform of Judaism in the 5th or 4th century bc, continuing the work of Nehemiah and forbidding mixed marriages