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Religion unit vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the Greek conqueror who spread his empire as far as India. Despite the Empire’s breakup after his death, Alexander’s conquests spread Greek culture throughout the known world | Alexander the Great |
| the fashion of adopting Greek culture and ideas, popular all over the middle east after alexander’s conquests | Hellenism |
| The Greek rulers of the eastern part of Alexander’s empire. Their territory included Palestine | Seleucids |
| the Seleucid king who tried to force Hellenism, including Greek religion, on his Jewish subjects | Antiochus IV (“Epiphanes”) |
| the mountain on which the Samaritans had their temple to God | Gerizim |
| the practice of traditional Jewish religion, defined in opposition to “Hellenism” | Judaism |
| a priest who touched off the Jewish revolt against Antiochus IV. He was the father of Juda Maccabeus. | Mattathias |
| The Jewish general who led the revolt against Antiochus IV | Judas Maccabeus |
| the collective name Judas Maccabeus and his brothers, leaders of the Jewish revolt against Antiochus IV | Maccabees |
| the time when the faithful people who have died will come back to eternal life. “All the dead will rise, those who have done good to the resurrection of life and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgement.” | resurrection |
| one who dies for the sake of faith in God. Greek for “witness” | martyr |
| a state of final purification after death and before entrance into heaven for those who died in God’s friendship but were only imperfectly purified. Gods people knew their prayers were efficacious for the dead even in the time of the Maccabeus | purgatory |
| the Jewish high priest who conquered almost all the territory of the ancient Davidic kingdom and “Judaized” the whole country. | Hyrcanus, John |
| the Jewish high priest who declared himself king in Jerusalem. He was a Levite, not a descendant of David | Aristobulus |
| a Jewish sect that believed in keeping separate from the Gentiles. They followed the Law of Moses strictly and added many traditional interpretations and regulations of their | Pharisees |
| a Jewish sect that believed in accommodation Judaism to modern life. They held most of the positions of power | Sadducees |
| a wickedly ambitious king who took over the government of Palestine with the support of the Romans. He was an Edomite, but he portrayed himself as a Jew returned from exile. | Herod the Great |
| the division of Herod the Great’s kingdom among his four sons | Tetrarchy |
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