Term
| Alexander (Kind of Macedon) |
|
Definition
Alexander the Great Made emperor over a large area including Greece, to Indus, including Syria and Egypt Visited Jerusalem and conferred important privileges on the Jews |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
King of Syria Tried to crush Jewish practices |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
collective writings that contain the record of divine revelation Greek origin "the books" |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
"a rod for testing straightness" authoritative collection of sacred books by true believers of Christ Standard works |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Much of the chronology of the Bible is unsure and some of the dates are in fact wrong. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Scfrolls found in 1947 by goat herders and many documents have been translated as a result. All OT books found except the book of Esther. Provide evidence of highly literary people in Jerusalem preceding the time of Christ |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A sect of Jews not mentioned in the NTdwelling along the Dead Sea that were ascetics. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
thickly populated by a hardy, warlike race. caravans constantly passed through excellent climate, mild near sea coast and hot in Jordan valley fertile land fisheries great source of wealth Harod was ruler |
|
|
