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| the greek rulers in egypt. the most famous of them is cleopatra |
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| What does hellenize mean? |
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| to adopt greek culture and ideas popoular all over the middle east after alexanders conquest |
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| who is mattathias maccabeus |
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| a priest who touch off the jewish revolt against judeas |
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| the jewish general who led the revolt against antiochus |
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| under the greeks what was the position of the high priest? |
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| a sin against god or his faith |
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| what does hanukkah celebrate? |
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| rededication of temple and oil blessings |
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| selucid king who tried to force hellenism including reek religion, on his jewish subjects |
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| did the people believe in resurrection during the time of the maccabees? |
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| No, the saducees denied the resurection |
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| who said "it is good and wise to pray for the dead" |
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| the jewish high preist who conquered almost all the territory of the ancient zodiac kingdom |
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| who are the samaritans and how are they different from the jews? |
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| they worshiped one god in one way |
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| who were the pharisees and what did they believe? |
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| perminent scholars who stayed pure and that explained themselves to keep out the gentiles they believed in. |
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| greek version of the new testament |
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| who is aristobulus and what did he do? |
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| the jewish high priest who declared hismelf king in jerusalem |
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| who is king herod and what did he do for israel? |
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| an abititious king who took over the government of palestine with support of the romans. He rebuilt the temple at jerusalem |
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| who are the saducees and what did they believe? |
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| they were a jewish sect that believed in accomodations judaism to modern life |
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| who were the proselytes at the gate? |
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| what was the name of the northern kingdom and southern kingdom? |
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| why was hero'd temple different than solomons temple? |
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| what scripture did the sadducees accept? |
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| what were 3 advantages of being part of the roman empire? |
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| 1) Buisness like. 2) you could worship any Gods you wanted 3) were peaceful. |
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| name 2 jewish cultural centers of the roman empire |
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| who wrote the acts of the apostles? |
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| who did mark write his gospel for? |
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| who did matthew write his gospel for? |
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| who did luke write his gospel for? |
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| who did john write his gospel for? |
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| what does evangelist mean? |
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| it's another name for gospel writers |
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| one who is sent. the 12 of them were chosen by jesus christ to spread his message thorughout the world the word is used to describe the 12 and st. paul. |
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| who wrote most of the letters or epistles in the new testmanet? |
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| what is the old testamanet? |
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| the first 46 books of thebible, written by isrealites before the coming of jesus christ. |
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| what are the synoptic gospels? what does syoptic mean? |
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| Matthew mark and luke are these. They are called this because they have a smililar point of view when contrasted with the gospel of john |
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| what does incarnation mean in john's gospel? |
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| he shows that jesus is the word of god incarnate. |
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| in Johns gospel, who is the man sent by God? |
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| Jesus, who is god words incarnated |
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| what is jesus' first miracle |
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| water into wine, at the wedding in cena |
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| what does jesus mean by "destroy this temple and in three days i will raise it up"? |
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| "he will rebuilt the spirituality and strength of the people so that the religion is't so corrupt |
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| what does jesus mean when he says that we must be born from above? |
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| we must be children of God |
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| what is the adoration of the magi? |
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| the wise men coming to find jesus and presenting gifts of frankensense and Myrrh by way of star |
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| who are the holy innocent? |
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| the new born children in bethlehem, as well as 3 of his sons and one of his wifes. |
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| what was the dream joseph had? |
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| 1) dream about jesus coming 2) the dream about the murder of the holy innocents and to flee to egypt. |
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| what is the central event in history? |
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| what was the immaculate conception? |
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| mary was conceived without the stain of original sin |
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| what is the birthplace of david? |
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| a cousin of jesus, older by six months. his baptizing and preaching in the wilderness prepared the way for jesus |
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| a cousin of jesus, older by six months. his baptizing and preaching in the wilderness prepared the way for jesus |
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| why was it important for john the baptist to baptize jesus in the jordan? |
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| to show he was sinless and he could be identified with us. |
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| what is the greatest commandment? |
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| love God with heart and mind sould and strength, love your neighbor as yourself. The first part captures the shema of israel (1-3 of the commandments) the second part is 4-10) |
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| what did Jesus teach at the sermon on the mount |
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| the our father, and the 5 parts of prayer. Apapt. (adresses, praises, acknowledges, petitions, thanksgivings) |
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| when did jesus drink the cup of consummation? |
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| on the cross with mary and john |
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| what is wine mixed with myrrh? |
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| what is passover and how does it compare to the last supper? |
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similarities: 1st cup- bitter herbs
2nd cup- passover story
3rd meal- unleavened bread and passovver lamb as well as wine
At the last supper there was no last cup, they san p114-118 and there was no wine towards the end. |
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| when jesus was arrested, what could the jewish leaders NOT do? |
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| convict Jesus immidiately (he had to have a fair trial) |
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| what crime did the jewish leaders charge jesus with? what does it mean? |
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| he is charged with blasphemy-any international word or acti insulting to God or faith. |
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| who was pontius Pilat and why did he sentence jesus to death |
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| he was the roman govener of judea and he claimes to find no guilt in jesus three times and finally he has jesus surged because the crowd believes jesus deserves it. |
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| a tomb with burial spices, myrrh and a great big stone door. |
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| who was the first to see resurected jesus |
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| why did the women go t the tomb in the morning? |
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| Who did mary think jesus was in the garden? |
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| waht did Mary call Jesus when she first saw him? |
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| rabboni (which means teacher) |
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| in the story of emmaus, how do they recognize Jesus? what do they do? |
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| They recognize him through the breakign of the bread and tell the apostles all they have seen |
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| what is the imporatnce of the number 153 in the resurection stories? |
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| 153 different types of fish repersent the nations of the world |
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| why does peter ask jesus 3 times if he loves him? |
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| because he denied knowing him 3 times in jerusalem |
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| why does jesus tell peter to feed my sheep? |
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| because jesus wants peter to be the shepherd for the church and take over for him. |
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