Lesson 7 Flashcards
(13 cards)
What are the 4 aspects of the Torah designed to make Israel holy?
marriage law, sabbath law, male circumcision, and dietary law
What was the most common language spoken in Judea in the Persian period?
Aramaic
What priesthood set apart to mediate between God and Israel in LOM?
Aaronic
What happened in the Antiochian persecution revolt?
Anti-jewish decrees were issued by Antiochus IV, there was an uprising of conservative Jews led by Maccabees, there was a restoration and purification of Jerusalem temple
What was the name of the independent Judean state from the second to first centuries?
Hasmonean dynasty
Why were Jews in the Galilee region at the time of Jesus?
Hasmonean dynasty had conquered and colonized
How did the Romans decide to administer Judea after replacing Herod Archelaus in AD 6?
Roman governor called a prefect, eventually Pontius Pilate
Cities of Judea
Caesarea Matirima and Jerusalem
Cities of Galilee
Sepphoris and Tiberias
Villages of Judea
bethany, bethlehem, bethphage
Villages of Galilee
Nazareth, Cana, Capernaum
Which of the following were typical characteristics of Galilean village life during the time of Jesus? (Mark all that apply.)
Spoke aramaic, lower working classes, culturally and religiously conservative, economic strain
Which of the following were typical characteristics of Judean city life during the time of Jesus? (Mark all that apply.)
hellenized, spoke greek, roman luxuries in many homes
