NTA Flashcards
The message of the Bible may be timeless, but the ______ of that message is not
form
Three important elements contribute to rebuilding the New Testament context:
Land
History
Culture
The Post Exilic Period - 539-332 BC
_____initiated and he was from the ______ Empire
_____Restored the Law?
______Who Restored the Wall?
Cyrus - Persian
Ezra
Nehemiah
The Helenistic Period
_____ c BC following ________success over Darius and the Persians
4th
Alexander the Great’s
Eventually under the Greeks there were decrees against _____, ______ and possessing _______
temple festivals
circumcision
the Scriptures
Under the Greeks, the “abomination of desolation” led to the Jewish rebellion in the ________ as celebrated in Hanukkah.
Maccabean War (167 – 141 BC)
Rome took over Judea in ________
63 BC
Roman provinces were governed by _________ an example being ___________
prefects
Pontious Pilate
Eventually, there were 2 ________ against Rome, the first put down by_________
and the second by________
(AD 66 – 70) - Vespasian and his son Titus
(AD 132 – 135) - Under Emperor Hadrian
ISRAEL included the ____________ where worship and sacrifices gave the land its high degree of _________
Temple
Holiness
Israel formed a ___________ between the Empires of ______________and ______
Which led to a high degree of travel and __________in the land
Land Bridge
Egypt
Mesopotamia
communication
Roman Rule made travel ______ and _______ which helped Paul __________
easy
safe
travel and spread the Gospel message
Israel has five main regions from the Mediterranean to the eastern deserts. they are:____, _____, _____, _____, ______ and to the north is _________ with its large fresh water lake
Coastal Plain Coastal Hills Central Mountains Jordan Valley Eastern Plateau
Galilee
The land bridge is between the _______ and the _______ in the east
Mediterranean
vast deserts
Israel’s Coastal Plain included the _______ and _______ while the
Coastal Hills were a ________ region
Roman political administration , Seaports
very fertile
Isreal’s Central Mountains have ________ for building and hold ______ that runs in the valleys and lower areas. ________ and ________ are cities there
limestone , water
Jerusalem, Bethlehem
East of Jerusalem is the Judean ________ where Jesus was tempted and further east is the desolate ________ where the________ Sea is
Wilderness
Jordan Valley
Dead
Josephus was a _______ who accompanied _______ and wrote ___________
general
Titus
“Antiquities of the Jews”
Josephus outlines three sects among the Jews:
Pharisees
Sadducees
Essenes
The Pharisees – ( included Paul) were committed to _______ and ________
purity laws
religious restoration
The Sadducees were the _______ and _____ who know how to profit from the Roman occupation
educated elites
landowners
The Essenes were Jews who chose to live ________
in isolation
The Scribes were professionals who could __________ and interpret ________
read and write
the law
The Samaritans were a people left behind after the exile who were _______ or _______ by the invading cultures
“compromised”
“Gentilized”
In about 20 BC _______ launched a monumental rebuilding program of the _______
Herod the Great
temple
SYNAGOGUES were ____________ in villages that appeared after the ________ when there was no_________ for the Jews to worship in
assemblies
exile
temple
JEWISH LITERATURE included :
_______
________ and
_______
Scriptures - the law (Torah), the prophets (Nebiim), and the writings (Kithubim) and the “Apocrypha.”
Extracanonical Books - (e.g., The Book of the Wars of Yahweh)
Rabbinic Literature (“texts”)
Philo of Alexandria’s writings give us insight into the mind of a ________ _____
Diaspora Jew
