STUDY GUIDE: Chapter 2 Boxes.

NT Chap 2.1 Box Study Guide

WORDBANK: RITUALS POLYTHEISTIC BIBLE GENTILE LOCAL WOMEN HELLENISTIC GOD JESUS GREEK KINGS TWENTY GREECE ROME CONQUEROR ARCHAEOLOGICAL POLYTHEISTIC PAGAN DIVINE TALMUD BAPTISM FORTY

1. The Jewish people spoke the ................... language.
2. .......................... was the "Lingua Franca" (International Language) of the Roman World.
3. Alexander was arguably the most significant ......................... in the history of the western civilization.
4. Alexander came to the throne at the age of .................... .
5. The Roman Empire arose in the ........................ context.
6. The Roman Emperor was often paid homage as a ...................... being, the "savior" of the human race.
7. We do not know very much about what happen during the .................. of the mystery cults, especially in the period when Christianity began.
8. The (false) idea that women played no significant role in ancient Jewish synagogues comes from the ....................... , or, other biased sources.
9. There is no evidence for the myth that ..................... sat apart from the men.
10. ............................. evidence and inscriptions indicate that women played prominent roles in Jewish religious life.
11. ........................... is a form of ritual purification.
12. The worship of many gods is known as ......................... Worship.
13. Most religions in the Roman Empire where .......................... ,
14. The wide range of ancient polytheistic beliefs religions, outside of Judaism and Christianity, are called .................... religions.
15. Any person who is not a Jew is known as a ................................. .
16. Hellas is the Greek word for .......................... .
17. The year 753 B.C.E. is the traditional date of the founding or ....................... .
18. Rome was ruled by local ...................... for 250 years.
19. .................. was not the only one thought to be a miracle-working son of God, even within Judaism in his own day.
20. Hanina ben Dosa and Hani the "circle drawer", were miracle-working sons of ........................... .