Question

Matching. Place the letter indicating the most appropriate response next to the number of the question.

            A. Peasants                          B. Zealots                   C. Pharisees

            D. Sadducees                      E. Essenes                  F. All (A, B, C, D, and E)

_   _ 1. They were rabbis who taught prayer and study in synagogues as an alternative to sacrificial methods for honoring the God of Judaism.

_   _ 2. They were an apocalyptic sect who expected and prepared for a cosmic battle between the forces of dark and light and left behind their own literature about their own beliefs and practices.

_   _ 3. The first Century Jewish historian Josephus claimed that they were responsible for the Romans burning the second Judean temple down.

_   _ 4. The oldest copies of the Hebrew Bible written in Hebrew that we know of were preserved and hidden in some caves around Qumran by them.

_   _ 5. This Jewish sect was most closely connected to the second temple in Jerusalem and its priesthood, beginning with the Hasmoneans and continuing through the fall of the temple in the Roman Period.

_   _ 6. The historical Jesus directed his earthly mission primarily toward them.

Answer 1

1. They were rabbis who taught prayer and study in synagogues as an alternative to sacrificial methods for honoring the God of Judaism - C. Pharisees

2. They were an apocalyptic sect who expected and prepared for a cosmic battle between the forces of dark and light and left behind their own literature about their own beliefs and practices - D. Sadducees

3. The first Century Jewish historian Josephus claimed that they were responsible for the Romans burning the second Judean temple down - B. Zealots

4. The oldest copies of the Hebrew Bible written in Hebrew that we know of were preserved and hidden in some caves around Qumran by them - E. Essenes

5. This Jewish sect was most closely connected to the second temple in Jerusalem and its priesthood, beginning with the Hasmoneans and continuing through the fall of the temple in the Roman Period - B. Zealots

6. The historical Jesus directed his earthly mission primarily toward them - A. Peasants