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| What are the dates of the Babylonian Empire? |
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| What are the dates of the Medo-Persian Empire? |
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| List the five major kings of the Medo-Persian Empire? |
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| Cyrus the Great, Cambyses, Darius the Great, Xerxes (Esther) and Artaxerxes (Nehemiah) |
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| What are the dates of the Grecian Empire? |
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| List the four generals of Alexander the Great. |
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| Selucius, Ptoloemaic, Antiochus Epiphanes, Hasmonean |
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| What are the four divisions of the Grecian Empire upon Alexander's death? |
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| Macedonia, Asis Minor, Egypt, Syria & Palestine |
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| What are the dates of the Roman Empire? |
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| Who began the Maccabean Revolt? |
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| Who were the father of Herod the Great? |
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| When was Herod the Great given direct rule of Judea? |
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| Herod the Great was a descendant of: |
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| When did Herod the Great die? |
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| Why was Herod Agrippa I loved by the Jews? |
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| He tried to live according to the law. |
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| Which Herod did Paul almost convince to become a Christian? |
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| The Pharisees are first mentioned under whose reign? |
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| What did the Pharisees accept in their canon of the OT? |
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| The entire OT canon as Scripture. |
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| Which of the major Jewish sects believed in the resurrection of the body? |
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| Which of the major Jewish sects denied the immortality of the soul? |
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Which of the major sects was an ascetic
group living in the area north of the Dead Sea? |
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| Which of the major sects did not believe in angels or demons? |
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| What did the Sadducees accept as their canon of the OT? |
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They only accepted the first five books
of the OT. |
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| Who copied and preserved the Dead Sea Scrolls? |
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| Who was a radial group that used terrorism to overthrow the Roman government? |
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| Who was known for their use of knives used to randomly murder Roman officials? |
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| Who was a group of Jews that supported the Herodian rulership? |
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| What was known as a Jewish place of worship? |
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| What is a probable time for the beginning of the synagogue? |
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| During the Babylonian captivity |
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| Who was a ruling body in Israel comprised of 70 men? |
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| Who was responsible for producing copies of the Law for public worship? |
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| Herod's death is dated from what event that occurred on March 12th or 13th of 4 B.C.? |
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The rebuilding of Temple was started by
_____ in 20 B.C. |
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| When did Christ's ministry begin? |
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| What general date can be assigned to the crucifixion of Christ? |
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Matthew, Mark and Luke are known as the
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| What are the two documents comprising the Two Document Hypothesis? |
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For what audience did Matthew write his
gosple account? |
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| For what audience did Mark write his gospel account. |
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| For what audience did Luke write his gospel account. |
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| What four "outcasts" were included in Luke's genealogy? |
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| Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba |
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| What is the importance of the word parthenos as used in Mt. 1:23) |
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| We know little of Jesus' childhood, other than his visit to _____. |
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| What community practiced baptism as a rite for those joining their sect? |
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| Who taught that Jesus was a man prior to His baptism? |
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| Into the Judean wilderness |
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| Where did Jesus perform His first miracle? |
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| The Samaritans took the Pentateuch and replaced all references to Mt. Moriah with _____. |
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| Who was the first one that Christ called to follow Him? |
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| What was only known as Bartholomew? |
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| James, son of Alphaeus, is also known as James ______. |
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| Who was known as “Judas not Iscariot?” |
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| The raising of Jairus’ daughter was evidence of Jesus’ power over ____. |
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| The term ____ describes the trait of “power under control.” |
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| The term ___ can also be described as “compassion in action.” |
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| What two metaphors did Jesus use to describe the influence of the Christian on a lost and dying world? |
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| The word ____ means “to render inoperative, to abolish.” |
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| A ___ refers to the smallest Greek letter (iota). |
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| A ___ refers to the small stroke of a pen that separated one Hebrew word from another. |
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| The School of ____ taught that a man could divorce his wife for almost any reason |
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| The only reason for the Christ provides for divorce is _____. |
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| The principle _____ is a law of equal and direct retribution. |
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| The term _____ is described in theatrical jargon referring to the wearing of masks to portray various characters. |
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| What was one of the most visible ways in which hypocrites paraded their righteousness? |
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| The word _____ refers to a trespass rather than a flagrant sin. |
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| The word _____ has the ideas of inadvertent stumbling. |
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| To the Jew, the _____ was the most unclean of animals. |
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| The words “ask, seek and knock” are verbs in _____ which indicates a command |
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| A _____ gate refers to a narrow and restrictive opening. |
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| The way one discerns between a wolf and a prophet is by looking at the _____. |
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| The law was intended to make one aware of what _____ is. |
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| According to the Sermon on the Mount, adultery begins with ___. |
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| One of the most significant areas of conflict between Jesus and the Pharisees involved the _____. |
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