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1
Jewish High Priests were usually members of what religious sect within Judaism?
A)Essenes
B)Pharisees
C)Zealots
D)Sadducees
2
Which of the following was typical of the beliefs of the Sadducees?
A)vigorously opposed to Roman rule in Palestine
B)practiced a literal reading of the Jewish Torah
C)scrupulously observed the "oral law" and the written Law
D)pioneered the theological concepts of final judgment and resurrection
3
Although the tradition of the elders originally circulated in oral form only, it was eventually written down in a set of documents collectively known as the
A)Mishnah.
B)Masada.
C)Menora.
D)Marcion.
4
Two of the most influential Jewish rabbis in the Hellenistic period were
A)Hillel and Shammai.
B)Peter and Paul.
C)Moses and Elijah.
D)Herod the Great and Herod Antipas.
5
After the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 CE., the center of rabbinic Judaism moved to the coastal town of ______________, where an academy of rabbis continued to develop Jewish beliefs about the contents of the Bible and Judaism's relationship with Christianity.
A)Jamnia
B)Caesarea
C)Masada
D)Petra
6
The _________________ were a distinctive group of Jewish people who lived in the region between Judea and Galilee. Most other Jews viewed them as an alien group who practiced a false version of Judaism.
A)Herodians
B)Sadducees
C)Gamaliels
D)Samaritans
7
A monastic sect of Jews known as the ________________ settled in a community in Qumran near the Dead Sea.
A)Samaritans
B)Sadducees
C)Seleucids
D)Essenes
8
The inhabitants of the monastery at Qumran may have been responsible for producing the _________________, copies of which were discovered in caves near the settlement.
A)Dead Sea Scrolls
B)Mishnah
C)Talmud
D)New Testament Gospels
9
Which New Testament character best echoes some of the characteristic views of the Essenes, such as the achievement of spiritual purity by withdrawal from society, the need for repentance to escape God's coming judgment, and baptism as a sign of spiritual cleansing?
A)Jesus of Nazareth
B)The apostle Paul
C)John the Baptist
D)Simon Peter
10
The English term "Messiah" derives from the Hebrew term mashiah, which means
A)Lord.
B)Resurrected one.
C)Teacher.
D)Anointed one.
11
Which of the following was a messianic pretender who claimed to be "son of the star" and who led the Jews into a disastrous rebellion against Rome?
A)Simon bar Giora
B)Simon bar Kochba
C)Herod the Great
D)John the Baptist
12
Early Christians countered Jewish objections that Jesus of Nazareth failed to reestablish David's kingdom by claiming that
A)Jesus never really died on the cross; he went straight to heaven.
B)the Hebrew Bible never really claimed that the Messiah would re-establish David's kingdom.
C)Jesus the Messiah will return to earth in the near future to reestablish David's kingdom.
D)Jesus actually did reestablish David's kingdom during his earthly ministry.
13
The Dead Sea Scrolls were probably penned by the
A)Pharisees.
B)Essenes.
C)ancient Israel prophets.
D)John of Patmos.
14
2 Kings depicts the Samaritans as descendants of Mesopotamians and not 'authentic' Jews by heritage. Recent historical research
A)agrees.
B)disagrees.
C)hasn't turned up any evidence one way or the other.
D)has turned up conflicting stories in different Scripture.
15
Name a Scripture that describes an innocent righteous man (the 'suffering servant') whose pain and humiliation are borne for the sake of others, just as Jesus reportedly has done.
A)Isaiah 53
B)Acts 5:30
C)Jeremiah 22
D)Daniel 3





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