Test C Flashcards
Who was Ezra
Scribe from priestly tribe, start rebuilding temple
Nehemiah
Leader of Israel after temple done. Tell history of Israel to remind the people
Esther
Married Xerxes, she is Jewish, commemorated by feast of Purim (story acted out)
St. Nicholas
3 daughters put socks out, filled with gold. 3 bodies in brine barrels, Nick pray, they wake up.
Hanukkah
Late November/December
Wisdom Literature 2 books
Psalms
Job
Judith
Wisdom
The Minor prophets
Jonah
Malachi
Last OT book, Describe God’s ultimate judgment, last prophet before messiah
Maccabees
Mathias Maccabee rebel, son Judas leads brothers into revolt
Exile
Babylonians take over, destroy temple (wailing wall) Jews meet in secret. Tribes go away, now clans
Ahab and Jezebel
Ahab bring her religion/gods Baal
Elijah
Contest with god Baal, Elijah gets fire, enter heaven in fiery chariot.
Major prophets
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Ezekiel
Cyrus the Great
Allow Jews to return to Israel
Civil war
Solomon’s son Rehoboam raid taxes, ppl. revolt, want brother Jeroboam. God stops civil war, Jero has north, Reho has south.
End of Israel
It’s evil gives it internal destruction, during Hoshea’s reign conquered by Assyrians.
