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chapter 6 lesson 4
Jews in the Mediterranean World
Question | Answer |
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Who defeated the Persians and brought Greek rule to Judah? | Alexander the Great |
Under Greek rule, few Jews migrated into other parts of the Greek empire | FALSE |
The Diaspora was a Greek version of the Hebrew Bible that helped spread Jewish ideas. | FALSE |
The Seleucids required the Jews to do which of the following? | worship Greek gods and goddesses |
The annual festival of Hanukkah celebrates the Maccabees driving the Seleucids out of Judah | TRUE |
The Pharisees urged the Jews to respond to Roman rule by ______. | practicing the Torah's teachings with greater devotion |
Which group was made up of wealthy noble families and included many priests and scribes in the Temple? | Sadducees |
The Dead Sea Scrolls might have been written by the _____________. | Essenes |
The Zealots were ultimately successful in retaking Jerusalem from the Romans. | FALSE |
Yohanan ben Zaccai founded a school that helped preserve the Judaic spirit after the loss of Jerusalem. | TRUE |
Diaspora the spread of Jews and their customs and culture beyond the Jewish homeland and across the Mediterranean | |
*Judas Maccabeus was Jewish priest that led the guerrilla fight against Seleucid rule | |
*Romans renamed Judaea “Palestine” as a kind of punishment after crushing a Jewish revolt | |
Pharisees gained support of the common people by teaching Jewish families to practice Torah’s teachings with greater devotion. | |
Some Jewish people wanted to cooperate with the Romans, which others wanted to rebel openly. | |
The Dead Sea Scrolls reveal a great deal about Judaism during Roman times. The Zealots were the MOST AGGRESSIVE of the Jewish groups |