NBST 515 Exam 1 UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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NBST 515 Exam 1 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Five main eras of the Second Temple Period. Be sure to know the time frame for each era. -
CORRECT ANSWER- Babylonian (606-539).
Persian (539-331).
Greek (331-167): Ptolemaic (320-198) and Seleucid (198-167).
Jewish Self-Rule (167-63...
NBST 515 Exam 1 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Five main eras of the Second Temple Period. Be sure to know the time frame for each era. -
CORRECT ANSWER- Babylonian (606-539).
Persian (539-331).
Greek (331-167): Ptolemaic (320-198) and Seleucid (198-167).
Jewish Self-Rule (167-63).
Roman (63BC - AD70).
Three crises experienced by the Jews that resulted from the Bab. captivity. - CORRECT
ANSWER- Dissolution of the monarchy, loss of central sanctuary, proximity to Gentiles.
Most likely period of time in why synagogue emerged. - CORRECT ANSWER- Bab. exile
Whether idol worship became more or less common among Jews living in exile - CORRECT
ANSWER- Less common: they learned that God would not tolerate idol worship.
Persian king who defeated Bab. - CORRECT ANSWER- Cyrus of Persia
Who decreed that the Jewish people could return from exile to their homeland? - CORRECT
ANSWER- Cyrus
Three phrases of the Greek period and the years in which each kingdom ruled Israel. -
CORRECT ANSWER- Conquests of Alex the Great (331-320), Ptolemaic period (320-198),
and Seleucid (198-167).
Persian king defeated by Alex the Great that led to Alex becoming new world ruler. -
CORRECT ANSWER- Darius III
Whether Greek rulers typically provided more or less religious freedom to conquered people
than Persians rulers - CORRECT ANSWER- Less
,Alex's general who eventually established a kingdom in Egypt - CORRECT ANSWER-
Ptolemy I Soter
What Josephus reveals about a great exportation of Jews to Egypt during the Ptolemaic
period. - CORRECT ANSWER- On the Sabbath Ptolemy I invaded Israel and took 120,000
Jews captive to Alexandria, where they stayed until Ptolemy's son Philadelphus freed them.
Basic background about the LXX. - CORRECT ANSWER- 70 or 72 scholars translated the
Hebrew Scripture into Greek in Alexandria. This was for Jews who understood Greek better
than Hebrew.
The meaning of the term "Epiphanes" - CORRECT ANSWER- "The Glorious One":
implying that he was the incarnation of Zeus on earth
The two needs/desires of Antiochus IV and led to many hardships amongst the Jewish people
- CORRECT ANSWER- Desire for the spread of Greek culture and the need for great
amounts of money to pay Rome led him to look to the Jerusalem temple treasures with ever-
increasing avarice.
The more severe measures taken by Antiochus IV against the Jewish people - CORRECT
ANSWER- Allowing a Gentile into the temple, banning the Torah, circumcision, festivals,
and offerings to YHWH. Worst of all: dedicated the Jerusalem temple to Zeus, erecting a
statue of Zeus in the temple and sacrificing a pig on the altar.
Jewish priest from Modein who began a Jewish resistance movement against the Seleucids. -
CORRECT ANSWER- Mattathias
Event that is commemorated in the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah. - CORRECT ANSWER-
Mattathias' son Judas cleansing of the temple in 164 BC.
Violation of Scripture made by Jonathan, son of Mattathias. - CORRECT ANSWER-
Accepted position of high priest from one of the other claimants to the Syrian throne in 152
BC.
Son of Mattathias who achieved national autonomy for Israel - CORRECT ANSWER- Simon
, Son of Simon known for expanding borders of the Judean territory into Moab and Idumea. -
CORRECT ANSWER- Hyrcanus
First Hasmonean ruler to assume the title of king. - CORRECT ANSWER- Aristobulus
Unpopular Hasmonean ruler who was married to Salome Alexandra and was known for his
brutality - CORRECT ANSWER- Alexander Janneus
Hasmonean ruler known for making amends with the Pharisees - CORRECT ANSWER-
Salome Alexandra
Roman general responsible for defeating Aristobulus II and making Judea a client kingdom -
CORRECT ANSWER- Pompey
Ruler who was declared "king of the Jews" in 40 BC by the Roman Senate - CORRECT
ANSWER- Herod
Herod's relationship to Rome (what type of king was he?) - CORRECT ANSWER- Client
king - friend and ally of the Roman people
Descendants of Herod who succeeded him. Be sure to know the regions in which they ruled
and their titles. - CORRECT ANSWER- Archelaus, ethnarch - Judea, Samaria, and Idumea
(Jerusalem).
Philip, tetrarch 0 Iturea and Trachonitis.
Herod Antipas, tetrarch - Galilee and Perea.
Notable political event that occurred in 6 AD in Judea - CORRECT ANSWER- Archelaus
was banished to Gaul because of his incompetence; Jerusalem was placed under direct
Roman control.
City in which the Roman governors of Judea resided - CORRECT ANSWER- Caesarea
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