Intertestamental Period

Question 1

Palestine

Answer 1

the Roman name for Canaan/ The Promised Land

Question 2

diaspora

Answer 2

spread of Jews all over the Roman Empire

Question 3

synagoge

Answer 3

local place of worship for Jews during the dispersion

Question 4

hellenization

Answer 4

the spreading of the Greek culture and way of life

Question 5

ruled the Syrian Empire

Answer 5

Seleucids

Question 6

ruled the Egyptian Empire

Answer 6

Ptolemies

Question 7

the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible

Answer 7

Septuagint

Question 8

the group that resisted the Hellenization of Jewish culture

Answer 8

Hasidim

Question 9

Eventually the Seleucid King Antiochus IV Epiphanes forced Greek culture upon the Jews by desecrating the ___ and turning it into a temple of ___.

Answer 9

Temple; Zeus

Question 10

An elderly priest named ___ led his family in revolt against Syria in ___.

Answer 10

Mattathias; 167 B.C.

Question 11

Mattathias’ son ___ assumed leadership and continued what would be called the ___

Answer 11

Judas Maccabeus; Maccabean Revolt

Question 12

In 164 B.C. Judas Maccabeus was able to recapture the Temple and rededicate it to God. This event is celebrated by Jews to this day during the “Festival of Lights” or ___.

Answer 12

Hanukkah

Question 13

In what year were the Maccabeans finally able to gain independence for Judea?

Answer 13

142 B.C.

Question 14

The period of rule in which the Maccabean family ruled in Judea is known as the ___.

Answer 14

Hasmonean Dynasty

Question 15

a group of wealthy priests who were greatly influenced by Hellenism who established themselves as High Priests during the Hasmonean Dynasty

Answer 15

Sadducees

Question 16

a group of jewish elders that found its origin in the Hasidim and fought to maintain the purity of the Law

Answer 16

Pharisees

Question 17

In ___ Palestine once again lost its independence, this time to ___ and the Romans.

Answer 17

63 B.C.; Pompey