History Flashcards
Who was the Greek Leader
Alexander the Great
Greece conquered ______
Persia
Name three Enpires at the time
Babylonia, Persia and Greece
Did Alexander the Great like the Jews
Yes!!!
Definition of Hellenism
Greek Culture
When did Alexander march into Judea
332 BCE
Did Jews assimilate to the Greek way of life
Yes!!!
Did the Greeks care about inner beauty or outer beauty
Outer beauty
Did Greeks believe in one god
No, they believed in many gods
What is the Septuagint
It is the bible translated in Greek
What did Hasidim believe in
The Hasidim believed that Greek paganism and social practices would lead to immortality
Judea divided into how many fractions
And what were the fractions
2 fractions and they were Hellenism and Hasidim
What did the Hasidim fell about the Hellenists
Not loyal to god and not loyal to the Jewish nation
Who was the bad Greek king
Antiochus
When did Antiochus rule
168 BCE
Name five things that Antiochus outlawed
Five:
- prayer and temple sacrifices
- Torah
- kosher food
- following Shabbat
- Jewish Education
Who fought back
A) Maccabees
B) All Jews
C) Greeks
D) Arabes
A) Maccabees
Where did it start
Modiin
Matityahoo wouldn’t bow down. He also had five sons
What were their names
Judah Yonatan Yochanan Shimon Elazar
Were the Maccabees out numbered
Yes
When was the war
168-165 BCE
What were the Jews fighting for
Their religion
Where is the story of the Maccabees written
Apocrapha
How did Judith save the city
She killed the general
she also scared the enemy
What was the generals name
Holofernes
Where did she save
Bethulia///Judea
Why do we celebrate Hanukkah for 8 days
- the miracle of the oil
- the Greeks desecrated for 8 days, they made it unholy
What is Sadducees named after
The high priest named Zadok
We’re most of the Sadducees religious or secular
Religious
Name three things the Sadducees were
Rich
Wealthy
Educated
Upper class
Pharisees were more democratic, middle class and believed in ______ Torah
Oral
How many mitzvohts r in the Torah
613
What is the Mishnah
The Mishnah explains the laws of the Torah
What does the talmud interpret
How to follow the 613 mitzvohts
How did we get the Oral and Written Torah
On Sinai Moses got the written on Shavuot and he got the oral Torah Moses Joshua The elders Prophets Rabbis of the Great assembly
Who was queen Salome
Jewish queen over Judea
Who did she ask to get involved in Judean politics
Romans
How did queen Salome die
She died among the Jews who will be the next leader
Who was Julius Ceaser
He was the leader of Rome
Who in his family converted to Judaism
His parents
Who was Herod and when did he rule
He was the king of Jews and 37BCE-4BCE
Did the Jews trust Herod
No!!!!!
Who did Herod kill that was in his family
His wife and son
Why did Herod rebuild the Temple
He wanted the Jews to like him
Why did Herod put an eagle in the Temple
To make the Romans
Herod built Massada for what reason
To store rain
What was the Sanhedrin
It was a court of Jewish law
How many rabbis interpreted the Talmud
71 rabbis
Who was the famous pair
Hillel and shammai
Was Hillel rich and could he pay for school
No
Hillel thought the most important value of Judaism is:
treat other the way you want to be treated with kindness
When did Herod die
He died in 4 BCE
Who wanted to fight against Rome and who knew they were going to lose
The zealots wanted to fight and the Pharisees knew they were going to lose
What did the Essenes believe in
A group of Jews who really wanted the messiah to come and save them from the Romans
Name 3 things the Essenes did for the Messiah to come faster
Wore white Lived very modestly Fasted a lot Didn't marry Didn't listen to music
What was St John Baptists real Jewish name and what did he do
His name was Yohanan and he was a Jewish preacher and a spiritual man
