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Old Testament Review 2
Unit 8
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 2
12/12/2007

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Term
Synagoges are used for?
Definition
Gatherings
Term
Zion is...
Definition
Jerusalem
Term

Books that are primary sources for period of captivity

Definition
Ezekiel and Daniel
Term
Benefits of the period of captivity
Definition

1. Revival of monotheism

 

2. New respect for Law of Moses

 

3. Birth of Synangoges

 

4. Personal revival

 

5 Quicking for mesienic pope

Term
Religious crisis Babylonian exile pose for the Hebrews?
Definition

1. Tempted with Babylonian Materialism

 

2. Can they worship God from foreign soil (question they had to ask themselves)

Term
Prophets who prophesied during the Baylonian exile
Definition

1. Jeremiah

 

2. Ezekiel

 

3. Daniel

Term

Babylonian names for

1. Hananiah

 

2. Mishael

 

3. Azariah

Definition

1. Shadrach

 

2.Meshach

 

3. Abednego

 

All told they would be elevated to a place of leadership

Term
How did Daniel avoid execution by Nebuchadnezzar?
Definition
Interpreting his dream
Term
Strange event that took place during Belshazzar's Feast?
Definition
human hand began to write on the wall (sign of doom)
Term
Punishment for Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
Definition
thrown into fiery furnace
Term

Meaning of Word Mene at Belshazzar's Feast

Definition

To Number

Term
Meaning of Word Tekel at Belshazzar's Feast
Definition
To Weigh
Term
Meaning of Word Parsin at Belshazzar's Feast
Definition
To Divide
Term
Language that emerged during the Babylonian Exile?
Definition
Aramaic
Term
Rulers of Babylon: 6
Definition

1. Nebuchadnezzar

2. Evil Merodach (son of above)

3. Nergal Sharezer (brother in law of above)

4. Labashi Marduk (son of above)

5. Nabonidus

6. Belshazzar

Term
What was the last event referred to in the Old Testament?
Definition
Accession of Persian King Darius II
Term
Who was the leader of the first group to return to the Promised Land?
Definition

Zerubbabel

Term
Who were considered half breeds?
Definition
Samaritans
Term
What inspired the Jews to return to Jerusalem?
Definition

1. Their religious pride

 

2. Their national pride

 

3. The prophets had predicted that they would return

 

4. They were encouraged to returned

Term
Upon returning to Jerusalem, what feast did the Jews celebrate?
Definition
Feast of Tabernacles
Term
Who were the "enemies" that tried to help rebuild the Temple?
Definition
Samaritans
Term
Who were the prophets of the restoration?
Definition
Haggai and Zechariah
Term
What does the story of Esther describe?
Definition
The welfare of the Jews who remained in Babylon
Term

What feast was begun to celebrate deliverance from Haman?

Definition
Feast of Purim
Term
Who led the second group to Jerusalem?
Definition
Ezra
Term

Who suggested a new covenant with Jehovah?

Definition
Shecaniah
Term
Who led the third return to Jerusalem?
Definition
Nehemiah
Term
What relationship did Nehemiah have to King Artaxerxes?
Definition
He was the cupbearer
Term
What two people were unhappy about Jerusalem's walls being rebuilt?
Definition
Sanballat and Tobiah
Term
How did Nehemiah help relieve theh poor of financial oppression?
Definition

1. He gave back the poor people their lands

 

2. Stopped interest on their loans

Term
How long did it take to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem?
Definition
52 days
Term
What was the first feast the Israelites observed after the rebuilding of the walls?
Definition
Feast of Tabernacles
Term
What is the Interbiblical period and how long did it last?
Definition

period b/w the old and new testament

 

400 years

Term
Who conquered the Persian Empire?
Definition
Alexander the Great of Greece
Term
What was Alexander's main contribution?
Definition
brought the Greek language and culture
Term
What had become such an important part of Jewish life that they could no longer speak or read the Hebrew language?
Definition
Hellenism
Term
What problems did Hellenism cause for the Jews?
Definition

1. Can I accept this Greek way of life and still be faithful to God?

 

2. The Hebrew tongue gives way to the Greek language

Term
Who were members of the diadochoi who succeeded Alexander?
Definition

1. Antigonus

2. Cassander

3. Ptolemy

4. Lysimachus

5. Seluchus - becomes a part later 

Term
Ptolemaic Dynasty Leaders
Definition

1. Ptolmy I - Soter

 

2. Ptolemy II - Philadelphus

 

3. Ptolemy III - Eurgetes

 

4. Ptolemy IV - Philopator

 

5. Ptolemy V - Epiphanes (loses control)

Term

What translation was completed under the Philadelphus rule?

Definition

Septuagint

(72 scholars translated Hebrew to Greek)

Term
Epiphanes stands for...
Definition
"One who is a manifest God"
Term
Mattathias
Definition

Priest who killed a man that tried to sacrifice a pig to Jaweh

 

Term
Judas
Definition
great warrior
Term
Jonathan
Definition
Politician
Term
Simon
Definition
Jewis people gain complete political independence
Term
What was Herod's greates service to the Jews?
Definition
rebuilds the temple
Term
As Herod lay dying....what child was being born?
Definition
Our Lord Jesus Christ
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