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| Which Greek military leader conquered the Persian empire? |
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| Can you name four prohibitions imposed upon the Jews by Antiochus VI? |
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--No Torah
--No circumcision
--No sacrifice
--Dedicates Jerusalem Temple to Zeus (no YHWH) |
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| The Jewish victory over the Greeks is retold in what book of the Old Testament? |
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| What holiday celebrates the re-dedication of the Temple from Zeus to YHWH? |
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| Who is King Herod the Great? |
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--political intermediary between Rome and Israel
--renovated the Temple |
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| Who is King Herod Antipas? |
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--"crazy king"
--killed anyone who threatened his throne
--ruled during Jesus lifetime |
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| In what year did Rome overtake Jerusalem and destroy the Temple? |
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| When did Jews and Christians finally separate? |
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| Among whom did Alexander the Great divide his empire? |
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| In what year did Christianity and Judaism formally separate? |
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| What was Saint Paul's original name? |
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| Who, and in what city is the central part of the first part of Acts? Second? |
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First--Peter in Jerusalem
Second--Paul in Gentile World |
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| Which apostle argued for, and which against, the practice of circumcision? Who won the argument? |
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| Peter argued for it, Paul argued against it. Paul won the argument. |
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| For what two general reasons did Paul write his letters? |
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--response to a received letter
--response to a rumor |
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| By what two categories did we divide the letters of Saint Paul? |
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--authentic letters
--disputed letters |
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| Do you know the four Gospels in order? |
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| Mark, Luke, Matthew, John |
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| What theory attempts to explain the similarities between the synoptic Gospels? |
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| The second written source of Matthew and Luke besides Mark. |
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| What lies at the center of Mark's Gospel? |
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| What is the alternating pattern of Matthew's Gospel? |
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| What are the names of the two "books" of John's Gospel? |
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--Book of Signs
--Book of Glory |
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| What is the name of the community of disciples who produced John's Gospel? |
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| What other biblical books did this community produce? |
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| What is the fulfillment formula? |
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| "in fulfillment of..." fulfill what is spoken by lord through prophets |
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