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1
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Who was the Greek Leader

A

Alexander the Great

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2
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Greece conquered ______

A

Persia

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3
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Name three Enpires at the time

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Babylonia, Persia and Greece

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4
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Did Alexander the Great like the Jews

A

Yes!!!

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5
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Definition of Hellenism

A

Greek Culture

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6
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When did Alexander march into Judea

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332 BCE

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7
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Did Jews assimilate to the Greek way of life

A

Yes!!!

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8
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Did the Greeks care about inner beauty or outer beauty

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Outer beauty

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9
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Did Greeks believe in one god

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No, they believed in many gods

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10
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What is the Septuagint

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It is the bible translated in Greek

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11
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What did Hasidim believe in

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The Hasidim believed that Greek paganism and social practices would lead to immortality

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12
Q

Judea divided into how many fractions

And what were the fractions

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2 fractions and they were Hellenism and Hasidim

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13
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What did the Hasidim fell about the Hellenists

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Not loyal to god and not loyal to the Jewish nation

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14
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Who was the bad Greek king

A

Antiochus

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15
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When did Antiochus rule

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168 BCE

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16
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Name five things that Antiochus outlawed

A

Five:

  • prayer and temple sacrifices
  • Torah
  • kosher food
  • following Shabbat
  • Jewish Education
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17
Q

Who fought back

A) Maccabees
B) All Jews
C) Greeks
D) Arabes

A

A) Maccabees

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18
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Where did it start

A

Modiin

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19
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Matityahoo wouldn’t bow down. He also had five sons

What were their names

A 
Judah
Yonatan
Yochanan
Shimon
Elazar
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20
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Were the Maccabees out numbered

A

Yes

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21
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When was the war

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168-165 BCE

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22
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What were the Jews fighting for

A

Their religion

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23
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Where is the story of the Maccabees written

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Apocrapha

24
Q

How did Judith save the city

A

She killed the general

she also scared the enemy

25
Q

What was the generals name

A

Holofernes

26
Q

Where did she save

A

Bethulia///Judea

27
Q

Why do we celebrate Hanukkah for 8 days

A
  • the miracle of the oil

- the Greeks desecrated for 8 days, they made it unholy

28
Q

What is Sadducees named after

A

The high priest named Zadok

29
Q

We’re most of the Sadducees religious or secular

A

Religious

30
Q

Name three things the Sadducees were

A

Rich
Wealthy
Educated
Upper class

31
Q

Pharisees were more democratic, middle class and believed in ______ Torah

A

Oral

32
Q

How many mitzvohts r in the Torah

A

613

33
Q

What is the Mishnah

A

The Mishnah explains the laws of the Torah

34
Q

What does the talmud interpret

A

How to follow the 613 mitzvohts

35
Q

How did we get the Oral and Written Torah

A 
On Sinai Moses got the written on Shavuot and he got the oral Torah
Moses
Joshua 
The elders
Prophets
Rabbis of the Great assembly
36
Q

Who was queen Salome

A

Jewish queen over Judea

37
Q

Who did she ask to get involved in Judean politics

A

Romans

38
Q

How did queen Salome die

A

She died among the Jews who will be the next leader

39
Q

Who was Julius Ceaser

A

He was the leader of Rome

40
Q

Who in his family converted to Judaism

A

His parents

41
Q

Who was Herod and when did he rule

A

He was the king of Jews and 37BCE-4BCE

42
Q

Did the Jews trust Herod

A

No!!!!!

43
Q

Who did Herod kill that was in his family

A

His wife and son

44
Q

Why did Herod rebuild the Temple

A

He wanted the Jews to like him

45
Q

Why did Herod put an eagle in the Temple

A

To make the Romans

46
Q

Herod built Massada for what reason

A

To store rain

47
Q

What was the Sanhedrin

A

It was a court of Jewish law

48
Q

How many rabbis interpreted the Talmud

A

71 rabbis

49
Q

Who was the famous pair

A

Hillel and shammai

50
Q

Was Hillel rich and could he pay for school

A

No

51
Q

Hillel thought the most important value of Judaism is:

A

treat other the way you want to be treated with kindness

52
Q

When did Herod die

A

He died in 4 BCE

53
Q

Who wanted to fight against Rome and who knew they were going to lose

A

The zealots wanted to fight and the Pharisees knew they were going to lose

54
Q

What did the Essenes believe in

A

A group of Jews who really wanted the messiah to come and save them from the Romans

55
Q

Name 3 things the Essenes did for the Messiah to come faster

A 
Wore white
Lived very modestly 
Fasted a lot
Didn't marry
Didn't listen to music
56
Q

What was St John Baptists real Jewish name and what did he do

A

His name was Yohanan and he was a Jewish preacher and a spiritual man

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