review 4

Question 1

Ezra 1-6 records the return under – -

Answer 1

Zerubbabel

Question 2

Ezra 7-10 records the return under – -

Answer 2

Ezra

Question 3

Approximately – - thousand Jews returned from exile

Answer 3

50

Question 4

The foundation of the temple was laid, but work was halted by the enemies for the next – - years

Answer 4

15

Question 5

Israel was in exile for – - years

Answer 5

70

Question 6

There is a time period of approximately 60 years between Ezra and Nehemiah. The book of – - chronologically comes between this period

Answer 6

Esther

Question 7

Ezra was the – - leader, while Nehemiah was the – -

Answer 7

spiritual

governor

Question 8

Ezra and Nehemiah lived during the time – - was being written

Answer 8

Malachi

Question 9

Malachi was the – - write of the book of the Old Testament

Answer 9

last

Question 10

The – - is the name given to the 14 book which originated in the periods between the Old Testament and New Testament.

Answer 10

Apocrypha

Question 11

There are approximately – - years that separate Malachi to Matthew

Answer 11

400

Question 12

With the Babylonian captivity, - - ceased to be an independent nation

Answer 12

Israel

Question 13

Israel ceased to be an independent nation and became a territory of what empires

Answer 13

a. Babylonian Empire
b. Media Persian Empire
c. Persian Empire
d. Greek Empire
e. period of – independence -
f. Roman

Question 14

What were the three prominent societies of Judaism at the time of Christ?

Answer 14

a. Pharisees
b. Sadducees
c. Essenes

Question 15

The – - revolt was a 24 year war that resulted in the independence of Judah

Answer 15

Maccabean