19UFA JCC Test 1 Review

Question 1

In the 6th century BCE, Israel was exiled to where?

Accepted Answer

Babylon

Question 2

True or False? Matthew says that Jesus heals people immediately before the Sermon on the Mount

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

Theological belief in a god who disengages from the world after creating it

Accepted Answer

Deism

Question 4

Greek word meaning "spirit"

Accepted Answer

Pneuma

Question 5

Which term refers to having multiple meanings?

Accepted Answer

Polysemic

Question 6

What is the name given to Jesus in Matt. 1 meaning "God with us"?

Accepted Answer

Emmanuel

Question 7

Greek military leader who conquered much of the known world and spread Greek culture

Accepted Answer

Alexander the Great

Question 8

Which of these events is latest in Matthew's narrative?

Accepted Answer

Temptation of Jesus

Question 9

Ancient Jewish sect associated with Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls

Accepted Answer

Essenes

Question 10

High priest in power at the time of Jesus's crucifixion

Accepted Answer

Joseph Caiaphas

Question 11

Which of these events is earliest in Matthew's narrative?

Accepted Answer

Beatitudes

Question 12

Tetrarch of Galilee during Jesus's ministry

Accepted Answer

Herod Antipas

Question 13

Term that refers to the attempt to convert others to a belief system

Accepted Answer

Proselytism

Question 14

Roman Emperor at the time of Jesus's birth

Accepted Answer

Augustus

Question 15

Jewish group who overthrew Antiochus IV Epiphanes, initiating a period of Jewish self rule

Accepted Answer

Hasmoneans/Maccabeans

Question 16

A 2nd century CE collection of stories of Jesus's childhood

Accepted Answer

Infancy Gospel of Thomas

Question 17

Jewish historian whose writings discuss 1st century CE Jewish life and history

Accepted Answer

Flavius Josephus

Question 18

Ruler of the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BCE who enacted severely anti-Jewish measures

Accepted Answer

Antiochus IV Epiphanes

Question 19

The Roman general who conquered Jerusalem in 63 BCE

Accepted Answer

Pompey

Question 20

Large city closest to the town where Jesus grew up

Accepted Answer

Sepphoris

Question 21

Who was the prefect of Judea at the time of Jesus's death?

Accepted Answer

Pontius Pilate

Question 22

These Gospels are called the "Synoptic Gospels"

Accepted Answer

Matthew, Mark, Luke

Question 23

True or False? Jesus heals people after calling his first disciples

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

True or False? Jesus begins his ministry in Galilee after calling his first disciples

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

Which of these events is earliest in Matthew's narrative?

Accepted Answer

Genealogy of Jesus

Question 26

What is the theological concept that God is above everything?

Accepted Answer

Transcendence

Question 27

True or False? John the Baptist chastises the Pharisees after baptizing Jesus

Accepted Answer

False

Question 28

Which term refers to a small portion of the biblical text (often a complete story)?

Accepted Answer

Pericope

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