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