Essenes - Quiz
A) Guardians or possessors of secret rites and knowledge B) Sons of the light C) Followers of John the Baptist D) People of the river Jordan
A) Kurt Rudolph B) Josephus C) John the Baptist D) The Dead Sea Scrolls author
A) Zealots B) Sadducees C) Essenes D) Pharisees
A) Lord of Greatness B) House of Perfection C) Chosen righteous D) Sons of Light
A) Great building of Truth B) Guardians of secret rites C) Baptismal water D) Elect of righteousness
A) Sons of Light B) The Great Building C) Gentiles D) Pharisees
A) Yardena B) Nasaraean C) Bnia nhura D) Manda
A) Forbidden to believe in angels B) Forbidden to write down angel names C) Forbidden to reveal names of angels to a gentile D) Forbidden to pray to angels
A) Facing the sunrise B) North–south C) East–west D) Facing Jerusalem
A) The house of the Pharisees B) The Great building of Truth C) The tomb of John D) The book of righteousness
A) Book of Enoch B) Genesis Apocryphon II C) Ginza Rabba D) Community Rule
A) Joseph Lightfoot B) John the Baptist C) Epiphanius D) Kurt Rudolph
A) Temple sacrifice B) Pacifism C) Political activism D) Urban living
A) Pliny the Elder B) Josephus C) Epiphanius D) Philo
A) They are mentioned by name in the Qumran caves B) Pliny the Elder's account C) The discovery of a temple inscription D) Direct testimony from their leader
A) They are individual, isolated burials B) The bodies were cremated C) They follow traditional ancestral burial customs D) They were buried with their entire families
A) They were not families B) They were a nomadic tribe C) They were temporary visitors D) They were royalty
A) They practiced polygamy B) They were all required to marry C) Many were celibate D) They were prohibited from marriage entirely
A) Private ownership B) They owned nothing at all C) State ownership D) Collective ownership
A) Praying in public B) Reading the Torah C) Sacrificing animals D) Performing ritual baths
A) They were against it B) They only allowed slave ownership for women C) They were masters of many slaves D) They viewed it as a divine right
A) Permission from the Roman authorities B) Repentance C) A monetary offering D) Public confession before the whole city
A) They did not engage in it B) They relied solely on government subsidies C) They only traded with other Jews D) They were famous merchants
A) Religious talismans B) Weapons C) Nothing, they were pacifists D) Shields only
A) Second Temple period B) Byzantine period C) First Temple period D) Hellenistic period
A) One thousand B) Two hundred C) Ten thousand D) Four thousand
A) Jerusalem B) Masada C) Qumran D) Ein Gedi
A) Hasidic priests B) Zadokite priests C) Levite priests D) Roman priests
A) The Elders B) The Laypeople C) Contemplatives D) Sons of Zadok
A) The Damascus Document B) Antiquities of the Jews C) Dead Sea Scrolls D) The Jewish War
A) VanderKam B) Philo C) Josephus D) Pliny
A) Essaios B) Essaion C) Esseni D) Essaioi
A) doers of Torah B) outsiders C) holiness D) pious
A) Josephus B) Philo C) Pliny D) Gabriele Boccaccini
A) Hassidim B) hisonim C) Hesi'im D) osey haTorah
A) Hassidim B) Essaioi C) hisonim D) Esseni
A) osey haTorah B) Hesi'im C) Hassidim D) hisonim
A) Sadducees B) Hassidim C) Artemis D) Pharisees
A) two B) three C) four D) five
A) severer B) identical C) laxer D) gentler
A) greater affection for each other B) constant conflict C) no personal relationships D) strictly professional
A) Pliny B) Philo C) Josephus D) Boccaccini
A) The Mishnah B) Dead Sea Scrolls C) The New Testament D) Eastern Aramaic texts
A) Sefer Yosippon B) The Jewish War C) The Mishnah D) Antiquities of the Jews
A) John the Essene B) Jonathan C) The Teacher of Righteousness D) Father Roland de Vaux
A) Joppa B) Emmaus C) Lydda D) Thamna
A) Philo B) Lawrence Schiffman C) Norman Golb D) Roland de Vaux
A) The Teacher of Righteousness B) Jonathan C) Father Roland de Vaux D) John the Essene
A) Lawrence Schiffman B) Norman Golb C) Fred Gladstone Bratton D) Roland de Vaux
A) Fred Gladstone Bratton B) Father Roland de Vaux C) Lawrence Schiffman D) John the Essene
A) Eschatological B) Isolationist C) Secular D) Monarchist
A) Acts 2:42 B) Luke 1:31-35 C) Matthew 5:1-10 D) John 3:16
A) High devotion B) A belief in multiple gods C) Strict adherence to dietary laws D) The worship of idols
A) Luke the Evangelist B) Daniel de la Vierge-Marie C) The Prophet Elias D) Daniel R. Schwartz
A) Voluntary celibacy B) Military service C) Animal sacrifice D) Multiple marriages
A) Jesus B) The Prophet Elias C) Daniel R. Schwartz D) John the Baptist
A) The Alexandrinian B) Philo C) Jacob Qirqisani D) Abraham Harkavy
A) 1st century BCE B) 1st century CE C) 3rd century BCE D) 2nd century BCE
A) Through written scriptures only B) Through animal sacrifice C) Through an angel D) Directly through prophets
A) The Logos B) The Torah C) The Temple D) The Covenant
A) The founding dates coincide B) They shared the same leaders C) They worshiped in the same temples D) They lived in the same cities |
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