Bible Words
The Creator of everyone and everything.
Who is God?
What is objective truth?
The empire which oppressed the Jews, causing them to long for the Messiah all the more.
What is Rome?
This group strictly followed both the Jewish law and oral tradition.
Who are the Pharisees?
These manuscripts were discovered in caves and confirmed the accuracy of the Hebrew manuscripts we were using.
What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?
Our Redeemer, the eternal Son of God, in whom God became man and willingly bore the penalty for sin Himself, so that we could be saved.
Who is Jesus?
Something based on opinion.
What is subjective?
The empire that allowed Jews to return to their homeland after 70 years of exile.
What is the Persian Empire?
This group only believed in the first 5 books (the Torah) and did not believe in a resurrection.
Who are the Sadducees?
This is where the Jews met to hear the reading and teaching of Scripture.
What is the Synagogue?
Rejecting or rebelling against God in the world he created.
What is sin?
Assuming something beforehand. This is influenced by our culture, background, and experiences.
What are presuppositions?
This empire tried to unify its conquered people by spreading a common culture and language.
What is the Greek Empire?
This group was the Jewish legal council and tried cases among the Jews pertaining to the law of Moses.
Who are the Sanhedrin?
This group of Jews isolated themselves from others and lived in caves. They likely copied the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Who are the Essenes?
A collection of sacred writings, inspired by God Himself, telling the unified story of mankind's redemption.
What is the Bible?
Controlled by the Holy Spirit, the human writers, through their own personalities and writing styles, composed and recorded God's revelation to mankind, without error in the original manuscripts.
What is inspiration of Scripture?
During this period, a Jewish family rose up to lead a rebellion against the Seleucid emperor. They gained independence for the Jews for a short time, during which this family ruled.
What is the Maccabean/Hasmonean Period?
This group of Jews wanted power and sought to gain it through pledging allegiance to Herod.
Who are the Herodians?
This group was hated by the Jews because their ancestry involved intermarrying with the Assyrians.
Who are the Samaritans?
The plan of God to restore us to relationship with Him, through the death and resurrection of Jesus.
What is redemption or salvation?
God exists eternally in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
What is the Holy Spirit?
This refers to the scattering of the Jews across the empires which ruled them.
What is the Diaspora?
This group of Jews hated Rome and sought to gain independence through violence.
Who are the Zealots?
This group taught the Jewish scriptures in the Synagogues. They had disciples who followed and learned to become like them.
Who are Rabbis?