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24 Cards in this Set
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Josephus
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-37-100 AD
-Governor of Galilea -He was a writer with the goal of defending his own actions and those of the Jewish people. -He wanted to create credibility for them in the eyes of the Romans. |
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Philo of Alexandria:
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-Most important Jewish philosopher
-Part of the Diaspora -Goal to refashion the jewish faith to become intellectually palatable to the Roman mind and compatible with Greek philosophy -Used allegorical interpretation of the OT |
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Second Temple Period
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-516BC – 70AD
-Another name for the ITP, usually used by Catholics and liberal Christians |
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LXX:
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-Called the Septuagint
-Greek translation of the Hebrew bible -250 BC |
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Apocrypha
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14 books, included in the LXX but not in the Hebrew canon
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Pseudepigrapha
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-Means “false superscription”
-Ascribed to the authorship of numerous prominent Jews, most are forgeries and almost completely fictitious |
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Dead Sea Scrolls
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-Discovered in 1947
-Probably produced by the Essenes -Scrolls contained copies of almost the entire OT dating back 1000 years earlier than the most recent copies. |
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Talmud
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-Includes Mishna and Gemara
-Mishna: collection of laws that amplify OT regulations -Gemara: interpretations of the Mishna |
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Cyrus the Great:
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Persian king
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Diaspora
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-Refers to Jews permanently displaced from Judea after the Babylonian captivity
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Haggai
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-Rebuilding of temple
-1st return under Zerubbabel |
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Zechariah
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-Rebuilding of the temple
-1st return under Zerubbabel |
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Nehemiah
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-Rebuilding the wall
-3rd group of people returned under him |
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Malachi
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-3rd return under Nehemiah
-Cleansing of people |
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Alexander the Great:
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-Conquered the known world in a decade
-Died at age 32 or 33 -Gave his kingdom to four of his generals |
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Results of Alexander the Great conquest
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-Increased trade
-Increased interest in science -The rise of important cities -Universal language: “Koine” -Translation of important literature -Hellenism |
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Aristotle
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- Instilled in Alexander a love for science
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Hellenism
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-Greeks were polytheistic and extremely tolerant of the people they conquered in respect to the worship of their gods
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Tyre
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-Island that was thought to be impenetrable.
-They had the number one navy in the ancient world. -They help many nations wealth due to that. -Alexander conquered it in under a year by building a floating bridge |
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Diadochi
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-Means successor
-Refers to Alexander’s top four generals, who divided up his empire 4 ways in 321 BC |
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Ptolemaic/Seleucid Empires
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-Two of Alexander’s generals. -They were in constant battle for territory and Jersulaem.
-Ptolemaic empire ruled from 323 to 198 BC and had 5 major wars they won -Selucid empire came next and ruled from 198-167BC -They beat Egypt but lost to Rome |
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Antiochus Epiphanes
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-His prophetic title is the “Little Horn”
-He was one of the most terrible figures in history and reflects that of the future antichrist. |
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to list the person associated with each of the five Jewish temples
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-Temple of Solomon (c. 1005 BC)
-Temple of Zerubbabel (c. 520 BC) -Temple of Herod (c. 20 BC) -Temple of the Antichrist (7 year tribulation period) -Temple of Christ (Millennium/eternal state) |
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to list the person associated with each of the five Jewish temples
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-Temple of Solomon (c. 1005 BC)
-Temple of Zerubbabel (c. 520 BC) -Temple of Herod (c. 20 BC) -Temple of the Antichrist (7 year tribulation period) -Temple of Christ (Millennium/eternal state) |
