Quiz 2 Answers Flashcards
Which two statements about the Torah’s rules for ritual impurity are true?
I. All forms of ritual impurity resulted from commission of sin.
II. A person in a state of ritual impurity could not enter the Temple or participate in activities connected with the Temple cult.
III. A state of ritual impurity could often be undone by some form of ritual cleansing.
II and III
Which of the main characteristics of Jewish identity traced its origins to the covenant God made with Abraham?
circumcision
Which of the following statements accurately characterizes New Testament depictions of Samaritans?
There are no depictions of Samaritans in the New Testament.
They uniformly depict Samaritans in a positive way.
Some depict Samaritans in a positive way, and some depict Samaritans in a negative way.
They uniformly depict Samaritans in a negative way.
Some depict Samaritans in a positive way, and some depict Samaritans in a negative way.
Which of the following statements about the Samaritans and their practices is true?
Worship at the Jerusalem Temple was central to Samaritan theology.
Jews and Samaritans were related groups with many similarities, including monotheistic religious belief, the practice of circumcision, and worship in synagogues.
Samaritans recognized as Scripture the Jewish Torah without any adaptations.
The historical details of the origins of the Samaritans are known with absolute certainty.
Jews and Samaritans were related groups with many similarities, including monotheistic religious belief, the practice of circumcision, and worship in synagogues.
Which area in the Temple, entered only once a year by the high priest alone on the Day of Atonement (i.e., Yom Kippur), would have housed the Ark of the Covenant if it had not been lost at the time of the Babylonian Exile?
Holy of Holies
Holy Place
Portico
Courtyard
Holy of Holies
Which of the following statements about the system of Jewish education during the New Testament era is true?
Children’s parents played a minimal role in the education of their children.
It featured an extensive system of public schools attended by all Jewish children.
Focus on the Torah was a defining characteristic.
Its curriculum was identical to that in Greek schools.
Focus on the Torah was a defining characteristic.
In the Gospel accounts, which of the following groups MOST FREQUENTLY voices criticism of Jesus?
Zealots
Samaritans
Pharisees
Sadducees
Pharisees
Which of the following statements regarding circumcision, Jewish dietary laws, Jewish purity rules, and Sabbath observance is true?
These practices failed to distinguish practicing Jews from their Gentile neighbors.
The theological significance of these practices concerned only the individual practicing Jew and not the state of the entire Jewish people as a nation.
Christianity observed these practices more strictly and rigidly than any Jewish sect.
All of these practices are rooted in the Torah.
All of these practices are rooted in the Torah.
After what event did the Romans begin to supervise the appointment of the Jewish high priests?
the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple during the First Jewish Revolt
the relocation of Onias IV to Leontopolis in Egypt
Pompey’s annexation of Judaea to the Roman Empire
Herod the Great’s beheading of the last Hasmonean high priest
Herod the Great’s beheading of the last Hasmonean high priest
in connection with Hellenization among the ancient Jews, the use to which Jews put their knowledge of Greek language and culture, whether antagonistic, guardedly sympathetic, or enthusiastic in manner
accommodation
in connection with Hellenization among the ancient Jews, the degree to which, and the contexts within which, Jews were integrated into Gentile society
assimilation
Gentiles who worshipped with Jews in synagogues, even though they did not convert to Judaism and therefore did not become circumcised (if male) or observe all of the purity rules
fearers (or “fearers of God”)
from the Greek word meaning “scattering,” a reference to members of an ethnic group distributed in geographical areas outside the ethnic group’s traditional homeland
diaspora
the Greek translation of the Jewish Scriptures commonly used by non-Hebrew-speaking Jewish communities in cities and towns outside Palestine
Septuagint
in connection with Hellenization among the ancient Jews, the degree to which Jews acquired facility in, or familiarity with, Greek language and culture as a body of knowledge and a set of values
Acculturation
Which of the following was activities was conducted exclusively at the Jerusalem Temple and not in local synagogues in the Jewish world?
legal proceedings and political meetings
communal Sabbath worship
animal sacrifices offered pursuant to the laws in the Torah
study of the Torah
animal sacrifices offered pursuant to the laws in the Torah
the king who was the guest of the Roman governor Porcius Festus and before whom Saint Paul made an impassioned defense
Herod Agrippa II
the tetrarch of Trachonitis and the neighboring districts (east of Galilee) identified in the Gospels as the earlier husband of Herodias (the mother of Salome, who asked for the head of John the Baptist on a silver platter)
Herod Philip
the ruler whose accession prompted Saint Joseph to settle in Galilee rather than Judaea after returning with Mary and the young Jesus from their time in Egypt
Archelaus
the tetrarch of Galilee and Perea during Jesus’ public ministry
Herod Antipas
the dynasty’s first king, who ruled at the time of Jesus’ birth
Herod the Great
the king who ordered the martyrdom of the Apostle Saint James, son of Zebedee, and who imprisoned Saint Peter
Herod Agrippa I
According to New Testament accounts, which of the following groups believed in the resurrection of the dead, an afterlife of reward or punishment for actions in this life, and the existence of angels and spirits?
only the Pharisees
both the Pharisees and the Sadducees
only the Sadducees
neither the Pharisees nor the Sadducees
only the Pharisees
Which of the following statements about the Jewish Sanhedrin during the New Testament era is true?
The Roman governor could allow it to administer certain tax matters.
It was allowed to execute the death penalty.
The Roman governor presided over it whenever it was convened.
It was composed exclusively of Pharisees.
The Roman governor could allow it to administer certain tax matters.
