Section 1 Test (Correct answers)

Question 1

In what New Testament book of Paul’s writing do we find this passage: “blindness in part is happened unto Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in.”

Answer 1

Romans

Question 2

Besides celebrating the first fruits of the early harvest season, what TWO principle biblical events occurred on the Day of Pentecost?

Answer 2

the giving of the Law at Sinai and the first outpouring of the Holy Spirit

Question 3

For a thousand years, the traditional Jewish toast at Passover has been:

Answer 3

Next year In Jerusalem

Question 4

What was the last question that the disciples asked Jesus before he ascended to heaven?

Answer 4

Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?

Question 5

Why is this final question asked by the disciples before Jesus ascended to heaven directly related to why the Jews rejected Jesus as their Messiah?

Answer 5

Because they were expecting the Messiah to restore the Kingdom of Israel in their day. They did not understand that Jesus was first establishing a spiritual kingdom.

Question 6

From a Oneness Pentecostal viewpoint, this course on Judaism can be summed up in two words:

Answer 6

Pentecost and Jerusalem

Question 7

It would be safe to say that the Jewish writer Harold Kushner derived his understanding of the Christian faith from the false Christianity that emerged from the 4th century and beyond.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

What fundamental shift occurred in Jewish life during the time of the Babylonian exile?

Answer 8

They ceased idolatry began shifting from temple worship and sacrifices to a new reverence and study of the Law and scholarly commentary on the Law.

Question 9

Define Torah

Answer 9

The five books of Moses, the first books of the Old Testament.

Question 10

Mishnah is:

Answer 10

Oral Law

Question 11

Tanakh is an acronym which stands for

Answer 11

Torah, Prophets, and Writings

Question 12

Jerusalem was overthrown, the first temple destroyed, and the Jewish people carried into captivity in Babylon in what year?

Answer 12

587 B.C

Question 13

As related in the Book of Daniel, Which empire followed the Babylonian Empire?

Answer 13

Medio- Persia

Question 14

What Persian King did Isaiah prophecy would come 200 years before the birth of that king?

Answer 14

Cyrus

Question 15

The majority of the Jews in captivity returned from Babylon to rebuild Jerusalem and the Temple.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

Beginning with Persian control, the Jews in Palestine lived under how many kingdoms during the 400-year inter-Testament period.

Answer 16

6

Question 17

During the 400-year Inter-Testament period, the most terrible period faced by the Jews in Jerusalem occurred during the rule Greek-Syrian King_____.

Answer 17

Antiochus Epiphanes

Question 18

In the great image dreamed by King Nebuchadnezzer in Daniel 2, the Greek Empire is depicted as:

Answer 18

The belly and thighs of bronze

Question 19

In the 400-year Inter-Testament period, for about 100 years, Israel enjoyed independence during which period:

Answer 19

Maccabean

Question 20

Hanukah began as an annual Jewish holiday for what reason?

Answer 20

To celebrate the re-lighting of the lamps in the Temple under the leadership of the Maccabeans.

Question 21

Maccabean rule in Palestine was ended by what empire’s armies?

Answer 21

Roman

Question 22

When the Jews returned from Babylonian captivity, they had no Jewish throne, no temple, no national independence. What treasured possession did they retain?

Answer 22

The Torah, the sacred scriptures

Question 23

What new institution dedicated to the study of the Scripture begins to dominate Jewish life after the Babylonian captivity?

Answer 23

Synagogue

Question 24

Beginning about 200 A.D, the Mishnah and Gemara were compiled into a single source known as:

Answer 24

Talmud