Test Four Flashcards
In order to survive as a people, the Jews in Palestine clung to those aspects of the culture which set them apart as unique such as
The developing canon of law and history
Sabbath observance
Their story of the exodus
The Exile period ended with:
Ill-advised revolts by kings Jehoiakim and Zedekiah.
One of the most fundamental changes during this period was:
An end to political independence.
During this period the most important thing on note was:
The rebuilding of the temple and the priestly community
Social mobility within the empire helped to
Find opportunities to advance to even the highest levels of government.
Ezra was given extraordinary power to administer the province. His letter from the king instructed him to:
Exempt the Levites and priests from the payment of tolls, customs, and other duties.
Take with him any Jews who wished to return to Jerusalem.
Carry with him a great sum of gold and silver to buy animals for sacrifice.
Starting with the Assyrian conquest and deportation of the people of Israel, and continuing with the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem, the Jews were sent to all of these countries except:
The Asian Countries
With time, many of the exiles became more a part of the land and culture of Mesopotamia speaking and writing in:
Aramaic
The Murashu documents, found at the southern Mesopotamian city of Nippu provide this evidence of the cultural adaptation made by the exiled Jews.
No discrimination against them in matters of business.
Documentation that life in the exile was not too restrictive for the Jews.
Participated in a wide variety of occupations: date-grower, fisherman, and a goat-herder.
Jerusalem’s new inhabitants completed fortification and gates of this small area of the total city including space for:
Housing for the temple servants and priests.
Shops for the tradesmen guilds and artisans, including jewelers.
Commercial and industrial districts.
The governor’s residence at Lachish contained Persian architectural innovations including
The building also had a vaulted stone roof and arched doorways
In order to settle into the community with acceptance:
Many of them married into the prominent Moabite, Ammonite, and Samaritan families of Judah and Samaria.
Nehemiah’s ordering of strict endogamy (marriage within the group) had a variety of reason:
Marriage alliances with the noble families of Samaria threatened the political independence of the province of Judah.
The road system, so important to communication and commerce, was maintained and expanded by the government, and caravans were protected by:
Soldiers and horsemen
The two main types of tombs in Palestine were
The shaft tomb and the pit grave.
Which of the following made it hard to worship away from the Jerusalem temple
A large numbers of priests and Levites who were taken into the exile.
Mixed worship of the Mesopotamian gods and the Yahweh religion.
The development of the synagogue or some similar place of non-sacrificial worship.
While still subordinate to the “sons of Aaron” (Priests), the Levites had charge of the administrative duties that at least touched on worship including:
Service as a choir of thanksgiving during burnt offerings.
The most important major religious festivals were:
Passover and the Feast of Un-leaven Bread in the first month
Within the strict system of laws developed in the period after the exile, attention was given to:
Protecting the individual and the community from all forms of contamination.
Since the biblical narrative concentrates on the rebuilding of Jerusalem’s temple and the wall, little is known about the dwellings of its inhabitants.
True
The role of the priest continued to grow in importance during the Helenistic and Roman periods
True
The 1st century AD Jewish historian Josephus suggests that their reluctance to return was based on their “being unwilling to leave their possessions.”
True
One of the chief desires of the returning exiles was to settle quickly and profitably into community life in Palestine.
True
The religious festivals promoted an ingathering of the Jews from throughout the Near East to Jerusalem
True
