A) The sermon on the mount B) The crucifixion of Jesus C) The baptism of Jesus D) The resurrection of Jesus
A) He condemned Jesus himself B) He washed his hands C) He put it to a vote D) He fled Jerusalem
A) Tiberius B) Nero C) Caligula D) Augustus
A) Hanukkah B) Passover C) Tabernacles D) Pentecost
A) Barabbas B) Lazarus C) Simon D) Matthew
A) As a figure of moral conflict B) As a villain only C) As a hero D) As a martyr
A) The opinions of the Pharisees B) Justice for Jesus C) Maintaining order and avoiding unrest D) The truth of the accusations
A) John B) Mark C) Matthew D) Luke
A) Josephus B) Tacitus C) Pliny the Younger D) Suetonius
A) "Leader of the Jewish council" B) "Skilled with the javelin (pilum)" C) "Follower of Jesus Christ" D) "Descendant of a Roman emperor"
A) "A title of nobility in Judaea" B) "The pileus or Phrygian cap, possibly indicating a freedman ancestor" C) "An ancient city in Italy" D) "A Roman legion"
A) "An ancestor was a Roman emperor" B) "An ancestor lived in Jerusalem" C) "An ancestor was a Greek philosopher" D) "An ancestor came from Samnium in central, southern Italy"
A) "Slave origin" B) "Plebeian origin" C) "Noble origin" D) "Patrician origin"
A) "With a legion stationed at the Rhine or Danube" B) "In Jerusalem" C) "In Greece" D) "In Egypt"
A) 26 to 36/37 AD B) 30 to 40 AD C) 17 to 27 AD D) 19 to 29 AD
A) Antioch B) Jerusalem C) Caesarea D) Capri
A) Joseph ben Caiaphas B) Ananus ben Ananus C) Eleazar ben Ananias D) Jonathan ben Ananus
A) Zealots B) Pharisees C) Essenes D) Sadducees
A) Herod Antipas B) Archelaus C) Herod Agrippa I D) Philip the Tetrarch
A) Herod Antipas B) Pontius Pilate C) Lucius Vitellius D) The Jewish Sanhedrin
A) Kenneth Lönnqvist B) Jean-Pierre Lémonon C) E. Stauffer D) Daniel R. Schwartz
A) They became political allies. B) Herod Antipas was removed from power. C) Their relationship mended. D) It deteriorated further.
A) Reducing military presence in Jerusalem B) Implementing tax reforms C) Building new infrastructure projects D) Promoting the imperial cult
A) Thousands were killed B) The number does not seem particularly high C) Only a few dozen were affected D) All Galileans in Jerusalem were killed
A) Tacitus B) Cicero C) Pliny the Younger D) Seneca
A) Roman soldiers B) Pontius Pilate himself C) Nero D) Prominent Jews
A) Cognitio extra ordinem B) Repetundae C) Judicium publicum D) Lex Julia de adulteriis
A) Theft B) Sedition C) Treason against Rome D) Blasphemy
A) Mark B) John C) Matthew D) Luke
A) S. G. F. Brandon B) Josephus C) Tacitus D) Philo
A) Caesarea Maritima B) Bethlehem C) Tirathana near Mount Gerizim D) Jerusalem
A) Lucius Vitellius the Elder B) Tiberius C) Augustus D) Caligula
A) Vespasian B) Claudius C) Nero D) Caligula
A) Philo B) Josephus C) Tacitus D) Eusebius
A) Frankfurter Passionsspiel B) Alsfelder Passionsspiel C) Arnoul Gréban's fifteenth-century Passion D) Benediktbeuern passion play
A) The Vindicta Salvatoris B) The Mors Pilati C) The Cura sanitatis Tiberii D) The Evangelium Gamalielis
A) Denarius B) Aureus C) Sestertius D) Perutah
A) Huesca B) Lyon C) Tarragona D) Seville
A) Rome B) Mainz C) Jerusalem D) Vienne
A) 1955 B) 1984 C) 1970 D) 1961
A) 2000 B) 19th century C) 2018 D) 2021
A) Bamberg B) Fortingall C) Tarragona D) Vienne
A) Greek B) Hebrew C) Ge'ez (Ethiopic) D) Latin
A) Ludus de Passione from Klosterneuburg B) Mystère de la Passion d'Angers by Jean Michel C) Frankfurter Passionsspiel D) Alsfelder Passionsspiel
A) Angelic characteristics B) Stereotyped Jewish features C) Greek philosopher traits D) Roman imperial attributes
A) Stealing from the king B) Attempting to escape C) Refusing to obey orders D) Killing another hostage
A) No other surviving records corroborate Pilate's suicide. B) Many records confirm Pilate's suicide. C) All historians agree on the details of Pilate's death. D) Pilate's suicide is well-documented in Roman archives.
A) Hostile B) Completely supportive C) Mostly neutral D) Very critical
A) It was written in an unknown language. B) It was damaged by natural causes. C) Pilate's name is missing. D) The inscription is fragmentary.
A) It was believed to be an ancient myth. B) It was lost and forgotten. C) It was accepted as genuine. D) It was considered a forgery.
A) ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ B) ΠΟΝΤΙΟΣ ΠΙΛΑΤΟΣ C) ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΥ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ D) ΗΡΩΔΗΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ
A) Eusebius' Church History B) Tertullian's writings C) Justin Martyr's writings D) Apocryphal texts
A) The cheap material B) The inscription was in Latin. C) It was discovered at Herodium. D) It was dated to 2018.
A) The Vindicta Salvatoris B) The Cura sanitatis Tiberii C) The Evangelium Gamalielis D) The Mors Pilati
A) Herodium B) Solomon's Pools C) Rome D) Jerusalem
A) Josephus B) Philo C) Tacitus D) The Gospels
A) A position in the court B) Money and jewels C) An army to fight with D) Ruben's property
A) England B) Italy C) Germany D) France
A) Eusebius' Church History B) Tertullian in late first-, early second-century C) Christian apologist Justin Martyr around 160 D) Apocryphal texts
A) They were no longer minted in Jerusalem. B) They started including a portrait of Tiberius. C) They began to feature Jewish symbols. D) They only read ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΥ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ.
A) Henry MacAdam B) Joan Taylor C) Helen Bond D) Alexander Demandt
A) Maximinus II B) Constantine C) Trajan D) Tiberius
A) Rome B) Sicily C) Gaul D) Egypt
A) ΠΙΛΑΤΟ(Υ) (Pilato(u)) B) ΜΑΞΙΜΙΝΟΣ (Maximinus) C) ΣΙΚΑΡΙΟΙ (Sicarii) D) ΤΕΡΩΝ (Tiberius)
A) Aquila B) Caesarea Palace C) Temple of Augustus D) Tiberieum
A) Wadi el-Biyar Aqueduct B) Biar Aqueduct C) Solomon's Pools D) Arrub aqueduct
A) Faith in divine intervention B) Optimistic belief in human progress C) Materialist pessimism, believing mankind will soon destroy itself D) Indifference to the fate of humanity
A) Rome B) Alexandria C) Antioch D) Jerusalem
A) Woodcuts B) Large-scale church paintings C) Ivory carvings D) Manuscript illuminations
A) Ivory B) Frescoes C) Metal D) Manuscripts
A) Medicine B) Architecture C) Astrology D) Swordsmanship
A) A Roman bathhouse B) A marketplace C) A lighthouse D) A temple dedicated to Tiberius
A) Origen B) Tacitus C) Eusebius D) Celsus
A) Apocryphal texts B) Talmud (Lamentations Rabbah 4.4) C) Church History D) Inscription on a sealing ring
A) Governor of Judaea B) Quattuorvir (IIIVIR) C) Praetorian Prefect D) Pontifex Maximus
A) The Vindicta Salvatoris B) The Cura sanitatis Tiberii C) The Evangelium Gamalielis D) The Mors Pilati
A) Roman soldiers B) Temple treasury C) Sicarii D) Zealots
A) Henry MacAdam B) E. Stauffer C) Paul Maier D) M. P. Charlesworth
A) "Sejanus never existed" B) "Pilate's coins explicitly deny any connection" C) "The evidence depends entirely on Philo" D) "It was proven false by archaeological findings"
A) Rome B) Jerusalem C) Egypt D) Bethlehem
A) Biar Aqueduct B) Arrub aqueduct C) Wadi el-Biyar Aqueduct D) Solomon's Pools
A) Seventh century B) Ninth century C) Eleventh century D) Fifth century
A) Kenneth Lönnqvist B) Josephus C) A. Mazar D) Talmud
A) The Evangelium Gamalielis B) The Martyrium Pilati C) The Cura sanitatis Tiberii D) The Vindicta Salvatoris
A) Socrates B) Aristotle C) Plato D) Celsus
A) Naming religious sites after gods. B) Naming buildings after Roman emperors. C) Naming public baths after senators. D) Naming military structures after victories.
A) 19 June B) 25 June C) 15 August D) 25 December |