A) To promote the integration of Hellenistic political structures B) To critique the moral failures of the Hasmonean kings C) To uphold the righteousness and legitimacy of Hasmonean rule D) To advocate for the restoration of the Zadokite priesthood
A) The line of Zadok B) The line of Levi C) The line of Aaron D) The line of Melchizedek
A) It compares their deeds to heroes like Joshua and David B) It argues they performed the same miracles as Elijah C) It claims they are direct physical descendants of Solomon D) It states they were given the law directly by Moses
A) As scholars whose opinions deserve careful study B) As legitimate political rivals in a democratic state C) As people who hate their own nation D) As misguided individuals who need conversion
A) They were cowardly during the battle B) They lacked the proper religious equipment C) They were traitors working for the Seleucids D) They did not listen to Judas and his brothers
A) Judas Maccabeus B) Jonathan C) Mattathias D) Simon Thassi
A) Jonathan B) Judas C) The High Priest D) Simon
A) Essenes B) Pharisees C) Sadducees D) Stoics
A) The importance of the Temple B) Bodily resurrection C) The existence of a single God D) The sanctity of the Law
A) As a necessary precursor to divine intervention B) With dismissiveness and contempt C) As a strategy for political change D) As the ultimate act of faith
A) Supernatural intervention by angels B) Divine visions given to the priests C) The military genius of Judas and his brothers D) The prayers of the righteous
A) Heaven B) The Lord of Hosts C) The Holy One D) The Almighty
A) 1 Maccabees denies the existence of sin, while 2 Maccabees mandates repentance B) 1 Maccabees blames Jewish sin, while 2 Maccabees blames external evil C) 1 Maccabees blames external evil, while 2 Maccabees blames Jewish sin D) 1 Maccabees focuses on miracles, while 2 Maccabees focuses on strategy
A) The Egyptians and the Babylonians B) The Phoenicians and the Assyrians C) The Roman Republic and Sparta D) The Persians and the Greeks
A) An explicitly Jewish state that remained pragmatic in its alliances B) A secular state that rejected all religious influence C) A theocratic state that refused all foreign contact D) A Hellenistic state that modeled itself entirely after Rome
A) Syriac B) Latin C) Aramaic D) Hebrew
A) Judea B) Rome C) Antioch D) Alexandria
A) King James Version B) The Living Bible C) New International Version D) Revised Standard Version
A) Wisdom B) Historical C) Prophetic D) Epistolary
A) Twelve B) Seven C) Four D) Three
A) Simplifying the grammar for commoners B) Imitating Hebrew style C) Writing in the style of Hellenistic poetry D) Adopting the style of Roman historians
A) Leader B) Warrior C) Shield D) Hammer
A) The high priest B) The king of the Hasmoneans C) Judah Maccabee D) The entire rebel army
A) The Dead Sea Scrolls B) The Peshitta C) The Septuagint D) The Vulgate
A) 1st century BC B) 1st century AD C) 19th century AD D) 3rd–5th century AD
A) The author of 2 Maccabees B) Origen of Alexandria C) Judah Maccabee D) Eusebius
A) Greek B) Egyptian C) Latin D) Aramaic
A) Prince B) House or dynasty C) Book D) God
A) 10th century AD B) 19th century C) 1st century AD D) 3rd century AD
A) Roman Empire B) Egyptian Empire C) Persian Empire D) Seleucid Empire
A) Antiochus IV Epiphanes B) John Hyrcanus C) Pompey D) Alexander the Great
A) Judas Maccabeus B) Mattathias C) Simon Thassi D) Alexander Jannaeus
A) Hebrew B) Latin C) Koine Greek D) Syriac
A) Orthodox Tewahedo B) Catholic Church C) Rabbinic Judaism D) Protestant denominations
A) 63 BC B) 170 BC C) 164 BC D) 134 BC
A) Jewish Prophet B) Roman General C) High Priest D) Court historian
A) Neutral B) Pro-Hasmonean C) Anti-Hasmonean D) Hostile
A) The family of Alexander the Great B) The family of Ptolemy VI C) Mattathias' family D) The family of Demetrius I
A) Exile B) Death C) A heavy fine D) Imprisonment
A) Jerusalem B) Modein C) Alexandria D) Antioch
A) Hanukkah B) Yom Kippur C) Passover D) Purim
A) Mattathias B) Simon Thassi C) Jonathan Apphus D) John Hyrcanus
A) General of the armies B) King of the Jews C) Governor of Egypt D) High priest
A) John Hyrcanus B) Demetrius II C) Judas Maccabeus D) Jonathan Apphus
A) Jonathan A. Goldstein B) Judas Maccabeus C) Bezalel Bar-Kochva D) Flavius Josephus
A) The specific handwriting of prophets B) The mythological legends of Greece C) Content D) The legal codes of Rome
A) Official propaganda B) Divine revelation C) Historical bias D) Admissions against interest
A) Purely oral tradition without verification B) Only copies of government documents C) Firsthand accounts from interviews D) Only personal combat experience
A) New Testament revelation B) Hebrew Tanakh C) Biblical apocrypha D) Canonical scripture
A) Secondary authority B) Primary authority C) No authority D) Historical authority only
A) The Investiture Controversy B) The Crusades C) The Enlightenment D) The Protestant Reformation
A) Innocent I B) Pope Damasus I C) Baldwin I D) Augustine of Hippo
A) Arian Controversy B) Investiture Controversy C) Great Schism D) Iconoclastic Controversy
A) Pope Damasus I B) Pope Urban II C) Pope Innocent I D) Pope Pius V
A) December B) October C) September D) November
A) The Holy Family B) Martyred Apostles C) Persecuted Christians D) The Church Fathers
A) Lent B) Epiphany C) Advent D) Late summer/early autumn
A) Methodists B) Presbyterians C) Pentecostals D) Anabaptists
A) Codex Bezae B) Codex Vaticanus C) Codex Ephraemi D) Codex Sinaiticus
A) Codex Sinaiticus B) Codex Vaticanus C) The Septuagint D) Codex Alexandrinus
A) Arabic B) Syriac C) Latin D) Armenian
A) 1980 B) 1517 C) 1936 D) 1922
A) Vulgate B) Geneva Bible C) King James Bible D) Complutensian Polyglot Bible |