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| The time after the exiles returned to Jerusalem |
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| From what word did the term "Jew" come from? |
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| Who freed the exiles to return to Judah and when? |
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| What are the Books of the Chronicles about? |
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| The history of Israel up through the exile. |
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| What are the Books of Ezra/Nehemiah about? |
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| The return fromt eh exile, the rebuiding of Jerusalem and the Temple, the people's recommitment to the Law and the centering of their religion in the Jewish Bible |
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| What power conquered the region in 330 BC |
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| What two books told of a terrible time of persecution of the Jews by the Greeks and the Jews' brave resistance? |
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| Both the Books of the Macabees and Daniel express belief in what? |
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| The resurrection, two centuries before the birth of Christ. |
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| What is the name of Chapter 9 |
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| The Remnant: Making a Home after the exile |
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| What is Nehemiah noted for? |
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| REbuilding the walls of Jerusalem |
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| the part of Jewish history that tells what happened after the exiles returned home. |
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| Who are the prophets that encouraged the people to faithfulness and hope in Ch. 9? |
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| Third Isaiah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Joel, Obadiah |
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| What books talk of a terrible persecution of the Jews by teh Greeks that began around 750 Bc? |
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| What was happening while the Book of Daniel was being written? |
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| Cruelty and torture and it offered inspiration and hop by telling stories of Daniel |
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| Around when did the Maccabees revolt against the Greeks? |
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| What kind of Boundaries did the returning exiles need to set? |
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| What did Chroniclers' history emphasize about David and Solomon? Why? |
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| What did the exiler's find when they returned to Jerusalem> |
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| Why were the exiles prejudiced toward the Samaritans? |
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| According the Third Isaiah what is the true fasting that God desires? |
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| What is meant by the universalism in Second and Third Isaiah? |
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