NTA

Question 1

The message of the Bible may be timeless, but the ______ of that message is not

Answer 1

form

Question 2

Three important elements contribute to rebuilding the New Testament context:

Answer 2

Land
History
Culture

Question 3

The Post Exilic Period - 539-332 BC
_____initiated and he was from the ______ Empire
_____Restored the Law?
______Who Restored the Wall?

Answer 3

Cyrus - Persian
Ezra
Nehemiah

Question 4

The Helenistic Period

_____ c BC following ________success over Darius and the Persians

Answer 4

4th

Alexander the Great’s

Question 5

Eventually under the Greeks there were decrees against _____, ______ and possessing _______

Answer 5

temple festivals
circumcision
the Scriptures

Question 6

Under the Greeks, the “abomination of desolation” led to the Jewish rebellion in the ________ as celebrated in Hanukkah.

Answer 6

Maccabean War (167 – 141 BC)

Question 7

Rome took over Judea in ________

Answer 7

63 BC

Question 8

Roman provinces were governed by _________ an example being ___________

Answer 8

prefects

Pontious Pilate

Question 9

Eventually, there were 2 ________ against Rome, the first put down by_________
and the second by________

Answer 9

(AD 66 – 70) - Vespasian and his son Titus

(AD 132 – 135) - Under Emperor Hadrian

Question 10

ISRAEL included the ____________ where worship and sacrifices gave the land its high degree of _________

Answer 10

Temple

Holiness

Question 11

Israel formed a ___________ between the Empires of ______________and ______
Which led to a high degree of travel and __________in the land

Answer 11

Land Bridge
Egypt
Mesopotamia
communication

Question 12

Roman Rule made travel ______ and _______ which helped Paul __________

Answer 12

easy
safe
travel and spread the Gospel message

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Coastal Plain
Coastal Hills 
Central Mountains 
Jordan Valley 
Eastern Plateau 

Galilee

Question 14

The land bridge is between the _______ and the _______ in the east

Answer 14

Mediterranean

vast deserts

Question 15

Israel’s Coastal Plain included the _______ and _______ while the
Coastal Hills were a ________ region

Answer 15

Roman political administration , Seaports

very fertile

Question 16

Isreal’s Central Mountains have ________ for building and hold ______ that runs in the valleys and lower areas. ________ and ________ are cities there

Answer 16

limestone , water

Jerusalem, Bethlehem

Question 17

East of Jerusalem is the Judean ________ where Jesus was tempted and further east is the desolate ________ where the________ Sea is

Answer 17

Wilderness

Jordan Valley

Dead

Question 18

Josephus was a _______ who accompanied _______ and wrote ___________

Answer 18

general
Titus
“Antiquities of the Jews”

Question 19

Josephus outlines three sects among the Jews:

Answer 19

Pharisees
Sadducees
Essenes

Question 20

The Pharisees – ( included Paul) were committed to _______ and ________

Answer 20

purity laws

religious restoration

Question 21

The Sadducees were the _______ and _____ who know how to profit from the Roman occupation

Answer 21

educated elites

landowners

Question 22

The Essenes were Jews who chose to live ________

Answer 22

in isolation

Question 23

The Scribes were professionals who could __________ and interpret ________

Answer 23

read and write

the law

Question 24

The Samaritans were a people left behind after the exile who were _______ or _______ by the invading cultures

Answer 24

“compromised”

“Gentilized”

Question 25

In about 20 BC _______ launched a monumental rebuilding program of the _______

Answer 25

Herod the Great

temple

Question 26

SYNAGOGUES were ____________ in villages that appeared after the ________ when there was no_________ for the Jews to worship in

Answer 26

assemblies
exile
temple

Question 27

JEWISH LITERATURE included :
_______
________ and
_______

Answer 27

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”)

Question 28

Philo of Alexandria’s writings give us insight into the mind of a ________ _____

Answer 28

Diaspora Jew