Israelites Flashcards
Ezra
A scribe who made the Jews write the first five books of the Torah on pieces of parchment. The scrolls were sewn together
Alexander the Great
Set out to conquer kingdoms in the western Asia in 331 BC his armies defeated the Persians of Judah came under his control fortunately Alexander allowed Jews to stay in Judah Judah however Alexandra who loved all things Greek introduced Greek language and Greek ways to Judah
Diaspora
The Greek word for scattering and this happened when Alexander the great was ruling and Jews spread out between Israel and Judah
The Hebrew Bible was converted into Greek
Many of the ideas of religion spread through the Mediterranean world
Judas Maccabeus
He was a priest his followers rebuild they fled to the hills and followed and informed and army called the Maccabeus after many battles the Maccabees drove the Greeks out of Judah they destroyed all traces of Greek gods and goddesses in the temple every dedicated it to the worship of God each year Jews recall The cleansing of the temple Hanukkah that’s what they celebrate celebrate priests from Judas Maccabeus his family became the new rulers of Judah under their leadership Judah took overland I’ve been part of the kingdom of Israel
King Herod
He is known for the additions he made to the Jewish temple in Jerusalem he made the temple one of the most auto inspiring buildings in the Roman world
Pharisees
They taught the Torah and how do I apply its laws to daily life in doing so that helped make Judaism a religion of the home and family the Pharisees taught in synagogues and were supported by the common people. They believed in oral tradition
Sadducees
They excepted the Torah however they were more concerned about how it applied to the priest and the temple this was because many of them were priests and scribes they did not agree with many of the Pharisees teachings
Essences
They were priests who broke away from the temple in Jerusalem many essences live together in the desert they spent their lives praying and waiting for God to deliver the Jews from the Romans like the Saggus use the essence is strictly followed the written law
Zealots
Wanted to fight the Romans for their freedom and 80s who said the Xerox revolted against the Romans and drove them out of Jerusalem for years later the Romans we talked Jerusalem they killed thousands of Jews and force many others to leave the Romans also destroyed the temple in Jerusalem the Western Wall is all that remains of it today the Jews later revolted and 8130 to 3 years later the Wolverines crush the results this time the Romans forbid the Jews to live or visit Jerusalem
Yohanan ben Zaccai
After the sacking of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 he made sure the study of the Torah continued he founded a school in northern Palaside that became a center of the Torah studies for centuries
Cyrus
In 538 B.C. The person king permitted Jews to stay in Judah
