Archaeological and Historical Foundations
Archaeology and Early Judaism
The Early Church
The Gospels
The Greco-Roman World
100

Archaeology is "the study of the past as evidenced by" this.

What is material culture?

100

This stone box was used to collect and rebury the bones of the dead after the flesh had decayed.

What is an ossuary?

100

According to Acts, the first known baptism of a member of the Roman army took place in this city.

What is Caesarea Maritima?

100

This is the shortest Gospel, and many scholars think that it was the earliest to be written.

What is the Gospel of Mark?

100

This is the Roman term for the "common" majority of Roman citizens.

What are the plebs?

200

This is the name of the period that directly follows the Roman period.

What is the Byzantine period?

200

Archaeologists connect vessels made of this material to Jewish purity practices, because it does not transmit impurity.

What is (chalk)stone?

200

All of the earliest extant archaeological examples of Christian churches belong to this architectural type.

What are house churches?

200

This Gospel has a particular focus on marginalized people and their inclusion in the Kingdom of God.

What is the Gospel of Luke?

200

This ancient Achaian city was famous for the diolkos.

What is Corinth?

300

This Jewish dynasty ruled in Jerusalem during the late Hellenistic period, until its last scion was drowned in a swimming pool in Jericho.

Who are the Hasmoneans?

300

This carved limestone block found in a synagogue in Galilee depicts Temple imagery.

What is the Magdala stone?

300

This is the name of the church built by order of Constantine the Great at the traditional site of Jesus' tomb.

What is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre?

300

According to the Gospel of John, Jesus healed a man at this pool with five porticoes.

What is the Pool of Bethesda?

300

These two architectural elements are distinctly Roman, and are not typical of Greek architecture.

What are domes and arches?

400

This red-slipped pottery is common throughout the Roman empire.

What is terra sgilliata?

400

The Qumran community appeared to have a preference for this kind of calendar.

What is a solar calendar?

400

This is common type of ancient churches derives its architecture from a kind of Roman public building that shares its name.

What is a basilica?

400

This is the name of the thematic division between light and dark in the Gospel of John.

What is (Johannine) dualism?

400

The name of the main north-south street in a Roman city.

What is the cardo maximus?

500

Jerusalem was sacked and the Temple was destroyed in 70 CE under the command of this future Roman emperor and a commemorative arch in Rome bears his name.

Who was Titus?

500

This is the term used to refer to the economy of a Galilean village that combines food production with crafts.

What is a mixed agriculturalist economy?

500

According to Acts of the Apostles, this event led to the appointment of the first deacons.

What is discrimination against Greek-speaking (Hellenist) widows in Jerusalem

500

Jesus disputed the validity of this distinctive feature of the sect of the Pharisees.

What are the Traditions of the Elders?

500

Caesarea Maritima's chief temple, which was built by Herod the Great, was dedicated to these two deities.

Who are Augustus and Roma?