Please select the most accurate answer for each question.
1.
What is the Hebrew word for "scribe" which means: "to cypher, number, or write?"
nomikoi
metzuah
tefflin
saphar
2.
Name the scribe who returned from Babylon to Judea to confront the dangerous sin of inter-marriage.
Nathan
Nehemiah
Ezekiel
Ezra
3.
The Pharisees saw themselves as Separates.
True
False
4.
The Hebrew word for Sadducee is:
tzedokim
saddoukaion
zadokite
sophar
5.
What year was the Jewish temple finally rebuilt in Jerusalem following the Jews' return from Babylonian captivity?
586
415
515
606
it hasn't yet
6.
The southern kingdom of Israel was ruled at one time by a queen.
True
False
7.
Who was the first king of the United Kingdom of Israel?
David
Samuel
Saul
Solomon
Hezekiah
8.
Who was the first formal scribe named in the Old Testament?
Joshua
David
Seraiah
Shaphan
Nathan
9.
Three distinct beliefs separated the Pharisee from the Sadducee. Which of the following is not one?
resurrection of the body
angels
rewards & punishment in the next life
independent Jewish rule
10.
The purported father of Greek philosophy is:
Plato
Socrates
Thales of Miletus
Dante
11.
The Scribes were as much a Jewish political party as the Sadducees and Pharisees.
True
False
12.
In Christ's time, Herod the Great originated from a people assimilated into the Jewish religion during John Hyrcanus' rule after the Maccabean revolt against Syria. Name those people.
Greeks
Edomites
Judeans
Syrians
Moabites
13.
Nicodemus was a Galilean Jew.
True
False
14.
Prior to Christ, Jewish history can been seen in how many distinct periods?
2
7
12
4
3
15.
Today's Jewish synagogue has its origins in the Babylonian captivity.
True
False
16.
The first appointed procurator of Judea following an attempt at rule by Herod's successor, Archelaus, his son, was:
Pilate
Gessius Florus
Coponius
Tiberias
17.
Unlike the Sadducees and Pharisees, the Zealots were not considered to be a political party or sect.
True
False
18.
What act by Rome inflamed the Zealot into insurrection?
Gideon and Barak were champions of Jewish history during the period of the kings.
True
False
20.
An insurrectionist in the Zealot movement is identified in the book of Acts.
True
False
21.
What well known gnostic in the early church is said to have been responsible for producing several early church polemicists to counter his heretical influence?
Onesimus
Stephen
Marcion
Jerome
22.
Which of the following prophets of Israel was not a prophet during the Period of Post-Babylonian Resettlement?
Zerubbabel
Jonah
Nehemiah
Haggai
Zechariah
23.
The Sadducee did not regard extra-Mosaic writings (the prophets, etc) to be as binding for the Jew as the writings of Moses.
True
False
24.
Name the 1 Jewish group that does not appear by name in the New Testament.
Scribes
Sadducees
Pharisees
Zealots
Essenes
25.
What one practice developed within the early church to combat the growing detrimental influence of gnosticism?
adoption of creeds
excommunication
inquisitions
biblical oaths
26.
What New Testament figure is believed to have been a one-time member of the Essene commune?
Philip
John the Baptist
Luke
Apollos
Lazarus
27.
The traditional interpretations and writings of the Mosaic scholars were first known as:
Mishnah
Torah
catachisms
Septuagint
28.
Galilean Jews were as affected by the Pharisees rule as were the Judean Jews.
True
False
29.
Following the overthrow of Greco-Syrian rule, on what date was the Jewish temple rededicated for use.
6 B.C.
390 B.C.
A.D.33
25 Chislev 164 B.C.
30.
Unlike the Sadducees, the Pharisees resisted Greek hellenization.
True
False
31.
The Sadducees did not believe in an after life.
True
False
32.
What is the Hebrew word for "Pharisee"?
Knesset
Sanhedrin
Pharisaion
Perushim
33.
The evolved ruling body of Jewish men called the Sanhedrin had its origins in the Council of the Sages, or:
Sadducees
Pharisees
Knesset Gedolah
Sacarii
34.
The Sadducee believed in the absolute freedom of the individual's will toward good or evil.
True
False
35.
Name the last stronghold of the Zealots before Rome finally put down their movement.
Perea
Modin
Masada
Galilee
Antioch
36.
Christ referred to the scribes as a group as:
whited sepulchers
righteous men
true descendants of Abraham
holy men
37.
The father of the Zealot movement is clearly identified in Scripture.
True
False
38.
From which of the 12 tribes of Jacob did the scribes emerge?
Reuben
Gad
Manasseh
Levi
Judah
39.
Scribes existed long before the Hebrew scribe came on the scene.
True
False
40.
Name the person considered to be the father of the Hebrew scribes.
Aaron
Samuel
Ezra
Moses
Abraham
41.
What sin did the returning Jews from captivity in Babylon commit soon upon arrival back in Judea?
idolatry
inter-marriage
human sacrifices
re-establishment of a king
42.
What Jewish feast evolved from the rededication of their temple during the Maccabean rule?
Pentecost
Passover
Booths
Hanukah
43.
The Essenes are associated with a well known monastic community during Christ's time. Name it.
Qumran
Modin
Masada
Negeb
44.
Which of the following was not one of the Jewish periods prior to Christ?
The Period of the Judges
The Period of the Kings
The Period of the Procurators
The Period of the Settlement
The Period of the Patriarchs
45.
Jewish and Greek philosophy diverges in two main areas, the source of wisdom and:
marital practice
worship
public appearances of their wives
the study and practice of knowledge
46.
The communal Essene wife's role in their communinty was as important as that of her husband.
True
False
47.
Partitions that separate Jewish women from men in worship is called:
mehitzah
hametz
torah
diaspora
48.
The term that refers to the Jews' assimilation into the Greek culture is called "diaspora."
True
False
49.
Zealot in Hebrew is:
kananaios
zealotes
sandefar
sicae
50.
Name the Jewish priest from Modin that rose to power to regain Jewish independence from Syria in 167 B.C.?
Eli
Solomon
Judas, the Maccabee
David
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