CHAPTER 3

Question 1

was the Highest Jewish Council that primarily governed the religious affairs, preserved the beliefs and teachings, and safeguarded the practices and traditions of the Jews.

Answer 1

Great Sanhedrin

Question 2

Sandhedrin cam from the Greek word sunedrion which means?

Answer 2

Council

Question 3

Great Sanhedrin was composed of __ members – from the Sadducees, the Pharisees and the Scribes

Answer 3

72

Question 4

was considered the leader of the Sanhedrin, originated from the Sadducean party

Answer 4

High Priest

Question 5

they are subordinate to the supreme Sanhedrin and were found in the towns of Palestine.

Answer 5

Local Tribunals

Question 6

The membership of the Local Tribunals varied from _______ to ________, according to the size of the male population of the place.

Answer 6

3; 23

Question 7

a situation that aggravated the insecurity and fear of the Sadducees from losing the post where they collaborated with Rome and were hated by their own countrymen and looked upon them as traitors.

Answer 7

Rome got involved for the appointment of Sanhedrin’s high priest

Question 8

Sects and Parties in the Sanhedrin

Answer 8

Sadducees, Pharisees, Scribes

Question 9

they claimed to be spiritual heirs of Zadok

Answer 9

Sadducees

Question 10

Sadducees is derived from the Greek Word ________ and its Hebrew equivalent __________ or tsaddiqim

Answer 10

Saddoukaiou; Zaddukim

Question 11

All Sadducees were priest. True or False?

Answer 11

False, they were generally regarded as belonging to the wealthy, aristocratic class of Jewish society

Question 12

an action that revealed the conservative attitude of Sadducees towards their religion

Answer 12

they only believed in Torah but refuse to recognize the oral tradition of the Jews

Question 13

Their emergence was traced to the religious group known as the Hasideans

Answer 13

Pharisees

Question 14

Pharisees were noted for the uncompromising observance of _____________.

Answer 14

Judaic Law

Question 15

The Pharisees were laymen who sought above all to preserve the _________ from the contamination of foreign religion, and to this end insisted the strict separation from the Gentiles.

Answer 15

Jews

Question 16

In Matthew 25, Jesus strongly condemned the Pharisees as ____________ and ____________

Answer 16

“hypocrites”; “blind guides”

Question 17

he protected the early group of Christians during a trial by the Sanhedrin

Answer 17

Gamaliel

Question 18

he was once a Pharisee

Answer 18

Paul

Question 19

they were professional copyist who recorded commercial, royal, and religious tests and served as clerks, secretaries, and archivists at Israel’s royal court, and Temple

Answer 19

Scribes

Question 20

Scribe is derived from the Greek Word grammateis, nomodidaschaloi which means

Answer 20

teachers of the law

Question 21

They were often referred in the Gospel accounts as rabbi, teacher, due to their expertise in the interpretation of Jewish Law

Answer 21

Pharisees

Question 22

They were opposed to the beliefs of the Sadducees but upheld the Pharisaic teachings

Answer 22

scribes

Question 23

Rejected the existence of angels, truth or immortality, and ressurection

Answer 23

Sadducees

Question 24

Only Zadokites can approach the altar of the Lord, who emphasized their inherited right to this role?

Answer 24

Sadducees

Question 25

an educated group of people who had the capacity to read, and interpret the Jewish law in both oral and written ways.

Answer 25

Scribes

Question 26

Some members of the scribes were?

Answer 26

Pharisees

Question 27

foremost enemy of Jesus Christ during his public ministry, particularly in the interpretation of the Mosaic law and the nature of the incoming Messiah.

Answer 27

Pharisees

Question 28

They were the intense rival group of the Pharisees

Answer 28

Sadducees

Question 29

Sadducees sought to trap ____ by demanding a sign from heaven

Answer 29

Jesus

Question 30

who approached Jesus and told him that there is no resurrection?

Answer 30

Sadducees

Question 31

Sadducees were denounced by John the Baptist as?

Answer 31

Brood of vipers

Question 32

they accepted as Scripture the Prophets and Writings as well as the Pentatecuh

Answer 32

Pharisees

Question 33

Pharisees possessed a highly developed belief in?

Answer 33

angels and demons

Question 34

They taught at the synagogue preaching and teaching the Mosaic Law

Answer 34

Scribes

Question 35

They were also rejected by Jesus Christ for their hypocrisy, pride, and false witness

Answer 35

Scribes

Question 36

They believed in the existence of angels and afterlife

Answer 36

Pharisees

Question 37

Religious Factions Outside the Sanhedrin

Answer 37

Essenes, Baptists, Samaritans

Question 38

the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Qumran led scholars to recognize the _______ whose existence can be traced as early as 2 BCE to 1 CE.

Answer 38

Essenes

Question 39

The Essenes emphasized a strong community life, observance of the Mosaic law, prayer and _______ on purity

Answer 39

strict ritual

Question 40

There were no records in the entire New Testament that Jesus interacted with the Essenes but a few modern theories insisted that Jesus must have encountered the Essenes because of their similae emphasis on the end of ______.

Answer 40

Time

Question 41

They were followers of John the Baptist

Answer 41

Baptists

Question 42

the Baptists called people to metanoia which means?

Answer 42

change of heart

Question 43

Why did the Baptists call people to metanoia/repentance?

Answer 43

served as a preparation for the coming of the prophesied Messiah

Question 44

he deported the population of the city of Samaria and the surrounding region and settled new colonists in their place

Answer 44

King Sargon

Question 45

When did King Sargon invade the Northen Israel?

Answer 45

722 BC

Question 46

The king of Assyria brought people from these places to the City of Samaria? (BCAHS)

Answer 46

Babylon, Cuthat, Ava, Harnath, Serpharvaim

Question 47

The new inhabitants of Samaria continued to worhsip their native gods, but also worshipped the Lord as their?

Answer 47

local god

Question 48

They worshipped in Mount Gerizim

Answer 48

Samaritans

Question 49

they were called as the Teacher of Righteousness

Answer 49

Essenes

Question 50

Baptists used water for baptism as a symbol of ?

Answer 50

cleansing from their sins

Question 51

There was not much indication that Jesus interacted with the ________.

Answer 51

Baptists

Question 52

They anticipated a cosmic war between good and evil, between the sons of light against the sons of darkness-- an allusion to the_________.

Answer 52

Essenes; apocalypse

Question 53

Essenes expected 2 messiahs a __________ and a ___________ messiah.

Answer 53

priestly; kingly

Question 54

they only considered the 5 books of Moses as the Sacred Scripture

Answer 54

Samaritans

Question 55

Who rejected the Jewish law and precept?

Answer 55

Samaritans

Question 56

The mainline Jews hated Samaritans as ___________ because of their worship of pagan gods, and considered them as ritually unclean due to intermarriage with the pagan Assyrians.

Answer 56

idolatrous

Question 57

the only one among the ten healed by Jesus who returned and thanked him

Answer 57

Samaritan leper

Question 58

In what gospel did Jesus encounter a Samaritan woman and talked to her, asked water from her that shocked the Samaritan woman?

Answer 58

gospel of John

Question 59

2 Religious Places

Answer 59

Temple and Synagogue

Question 60

served as the central place of worship, locus of offering sacrifice, and house of prayer for the Jews

Answer 60

temple

Question 61

the first temple was built by?

Answer 61

Solomon

Question 62

the first temple was destroyed by the?

Answer 62

Chaldeans

Question 63

second temple was erected by?

Answer 63

Zerubbabel

Question 64

second temple was profaned by the?

Answer 64

Syrians

Question 65

He began the magnificent restoration of the second temple

Answer 65

Herod the Great

Question 66

the central sanctuary of the templs was constructed from massive blocks of _____________, and many parts of it were overlaid with _____ and _______.

Answer 66

masonry, gold, silver

Question 67

the temple claimed to be the only place where Jews could __________________ to God.

Answer 67

offer sacrifices

Question 68

Temple of Courts include: (HPIWG)

Answer 68

1. Holy of Holies 2. Court of Priests 3. Court of Israelites 4. Court of Women 5. Court of the Gentiles

Question 69

the most sacred space of the temple; the ark of the Covenant is placed; the presence of the Lord is believed to reside

Answer 69

Holy of Holies

Question 70

It is where the Jewish priests make their ritual at the altar of sacrifice.

Answer 70

Court of Priests

Question 71

It is the place where lay Jewish male can assist the priest at the services

Answer 71

Court of Israelites

Question 72

It is only intended for Jewish Women; if a Non-Jew enters this court, he/she could be punished/ sentenced to death

Answer 72

Court of Women

Question 73

15 steps away from the court for women; meant for buying and selling

Answer 73

Court of the Gentiles

Question 74

the only person who can visit the Holy of Holies once a year

Answer 74

High Priest

Question 75

served as singers, doorkeepers, and also as a king of police force

Answer 75

Levites

Question 76

It started after the destruction of the Jerusalem temple during the Babylonian invasion

Answer 76

Synagogue

Question 77

The synagogue was not a place of offering but rather a place of?

Answer 77

prayer and instruction

Question 78

what event is when the Jews gather to listen, and reflect on readings and commentary of Torah in public?

Answer 78

Sabbath Celebrations

Question 79

it served as venue in settling religious disputes and imposing disciplinary measures in order to ensure order and fidelity to Jewish tradition and teaching

Answer 79

synagogue

Question 80

Government was in the hands of the?

Answer 80

Synagogue Elders

Question 81

what is the duty of the government?

Answer 81

enforce discipline by lashing and expulsion

Question 82

Men and Women are separated during the synagogue liturgy. True or False

Answer 82

True

Question 83

The worshippers are faced toward _______ and _________

Answer 83

Jerusalem; Holy of Holies

Question 84

Important Jewish Days and Festivals

Answer 84

Sabbath Rest Feast of Passover or Pesah Feast of Pentecost Feast of Dedication or Hanukkah

Question 85

is a weekly observance

Answer 85

Sabbath Rest

Question 86

are celebrated once a year

Answer 86

Feast of Passover (Pesah) Feast of Pentecost Feast of Dedication (Hanukkah)

Question 87

In Exodus _______, the Sabbath law was made, and became part of the covenant between God and Israel

Answer 87

20:8-11

Question 88

Sabbath observance strictly prohibited all forms of work for it is a time of?

Answer 88

rest and prayer

Question 89

Various regulations for Sabbath Day includes?

Answer 89

cooking plowing and reaping gathering of wood lighting a fire trading and bartering loading animals

Question 90

the preceding day of Sabbath Day was known as

Answer 90

the day of preparation

Question 91

Sabath was made for man not Man made for the Sabbath. What verse is this?

Answer 91

Mark 2.27-8

Question 92

commemorates the liberation of the Hebrews from the bondage of slavery in Egypt when the angel of death passed over the Israelite household, and spared their firstborn from death

Answer 92

Feast of the Passover/ Pesah

Question 93

Passover Feast is held as the _______ among all Jewish Feast

Answer 93

holiest

Question 94

According to the Gospel of John, Jesus Died on the day of the Passover-- an event that symbolically, and theologically embodied Jesus as the __________________ who was sacrificed for the atonement of sins

Answer 94

Paschal Lamb

Question 95

what feast is 50 days after Passover

Answer 95

Feast of Penteconst

Question 96

Feast of Pentecost is known as the ?

Answer 96

Feast of Week/ Feast of Harvest/ Day of the First Fruits

Question 97

Feast of Pentecost commemorates the giving of the Law on __________

Answer 97

Mount Sinai

Question 98

In Christian celebration, Pentecost commemorate the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles which enabled them to speak in _________________ and made them courageous in their preaching about the risen Christ.

Answer 98

various tongues

Question 99

commemorates the rededication of the temple in 164 BC after it was desecrated by the Syrian Greeks.

Answer 99

Feast of Dedication or Hanukkah

Question 100

the temple was desecrated by the Syrian Greeks in particular by?

Answer 100

Antiochus IV Epiphanes