Terms (Test #1) Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Alexander Jannaeus | third son of John Hyrcanus; married Salome Alexandra |
Alexander the Great | began world conquest and hellinization |
Antiochus III | defeated Ptolemy V at the battle of Panias |
Antiochus IV | persecuted Jews; "Abomination of Desolation" - enters the Holy of Holies, sets up an alter to Zeus |
Antipas | son of Herod the Great; Tetrarch, rules the longest of three sons |
Antipater | ethnarch of Palestine, granted Roman citizenship |
Apocrypha | intertestamental books written by Jewish authors |
Archelaus | son of Herod the Great; Ethnarch, brutal and tyrannical |
Aristobulus II | |
autograph | original |
canon | list of authoritative books; standard |
exogesis | to lead out of |
Greek | |
Hasidim | |
hellenism | the spread of Greek culture |
hermeneutics | interpretation of the bible |
Herod the Great | governor of Galilee; loyal to Rome |
Hyrcanus II | |
John Hyrcanus | |
Jonathan | Matthias's son; continues fight using diplomacy |
Judas | Matthias's son; succeeds his father in the fight for religious freedom |
Julius Caesar | |
Marc Antony | part of the second Triumvirate |
Mattathias | (retired priest) destroys the alter to Zeus starting revolt |
Octavius (Augustus) | |
paraphrase | preserves meaning; intended to clarify |
pax Romana | roman era of peace |
Philip | son of Herod the Great; Tetrarch, best leader of three sons |
Philip II (of Macedon) | united all the greek city-states |
Pompey | Roman general who ends the civil war b/t Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus II |
Ptolemy | |
Salome Alexandra | queen of Israel (during the Golden age of Judaism) |
Samaritans | half-Jews |
Sanhedrin | Jewish supreme court; absolute religious authority and political power |
Seleucus Nicator | |
Simeon | captured the Acra; acclaimed as ethnarch, also served as high priest |
Stephen Langton | archbishop responsible for chapter divisions in both Testaments |
Stephanus | responsible for verse divisions in the New Testament |
translation | involves a change of language; preserves wording |
Vulgate | latin translation of the entire Bible |
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