Religious Sects Flashcards
What is the term for the law in the first 5 books of the Old Testament(Pentateuch)?
Torah
What is the name of the 71 member legislative judicial body?
Sanhedrin
What were the 3 major regions of the Holy Land in the Lord’s day?
Judea, Samaria, Galilee
What was the language of Jesus?
Aramaic
Who ruled Galilee in the time of Jesus?
Herod Antipas
Who were the Sadduces mainly made up of?
Priests and aristocrats
What group was known for Being theologically conservative
Saducees
Where was the Sadducees’ main place of worship?
Jerusalem
What means, “Separated one”?
Pharisee
What group worshiped in synagogues?
Pharisees
Jesus paralleled to this group.
Pharisees
This group was seen as An apocalyptic group
Essenes
Which group lived strict, pure lives believing that they would be on Yahweh’s side when the great day would come?
Essenes
Which group was John the Baptist believed to be influenced by?
Essenes
Which group was seen as an organized revolution faction?
The Zealots
Which group despised Roman rule and fermented violence to overthrow them, eventually leading them to be forbidden from setting foot in the Holy Land?
Zealots
Who had a famous stand at Masada, which became a symbol of Jewish pride?
Zealots
Which sect worshiped at Mount Gerizim instead of the Holy Temple of Jerusalem because they believed that Mount Gerizim was where God chose to be the proper place of worship?
The Samaritans
Who only accepted the Law of Moses and considered the first five books of the Pentateuch to be sacred, distinguishing them from the other sects?
The Samaritans
Which group descended from eigners who intermarried with the old Israelite tribes during the Assyrians’ takeover?
The Samaritans
What is an angel?
God’s messenger
