Unit 2 Flashcards
Name of the jewish royal family during the second temple period
Hasmoneans
The Roman general who took over Judea
Pompey
Idumean price, forcibly converted who ended up ruling the jews under Roman rule
Antipater
Son of the above, who became king of Judea with Roman backing
Herod
Head of the Sanhedrin who escaped Jerusalem in a coffin
Yochanan ben Zakkai
Commander of the Zealots on Masada
Elazar ben Yair
Jewish priest who went over to the Romans side and became a historian
Josephus
Rebel who led rebellion against Rome in 132 ce
Bar Kochba
Greatest Rabbi of the period who was cruelly martyred by the Romans
Akiva
Roman emperor who persecuted Judaism
Hadrian
Herod’s religion
Judaism
Herod’s nationality
Idomean
Herod’s political inclination
Roman
Herod’s culture
Hellenism
Priests, aristocracy and concerned with temple ritual
Saducees
Out in the deser, simplicity combined with a very different version of Judaism from everyone else
Eseenes
Scholars and simple people who believed in ethical Judaism and that the torah is both written and oral
Pharisees
They don’t like the Romans or anyone who is pro-Roman
Zealots
What was the dying vision of Rabbi Chanina ben Teradion and its meaning?
He saw the parchment of torah burning but the actual letters flying away meaning that the jewish people will never die
What was the final teaching and final words of Rabbi Akiva
you should always say the Shema when you die to show that you are always loyal to god even in your last moments
Why is the find bathtub covering the fresco wall significant?
Showed that Zealots did not care for a wealthy lifestyle. Not carib about materialistic things
Why is the oven over the mosaic significant?
Not carib about materialistic things
Why is the finding of “Dry Bones” significant?
The Zealots learned torah and read torah in the temple
Why is the mikvah significant?
It was a perfectly kosher mikvah meaning that the importance of purity to the zealots
