Unit 2. Section 3: 2nd Temple Judaism

This person built the first Jerusalem Temple; the center for Jewish worship life (which would later be destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar II and the Babylonians)

• Saul

• David

• Solomon

This person's reign (along with the reign of his son Solomon) is remembered as the golden age of Israel because it was a United Monarchy.

• David

• Moses

• Adam

Which is not a time period of Second Temple Judaism?

• The Hasmonean Period

• The United Monarchy

• The Roman Era

• The Hellenistic Era

This ruler issued a decree that the Jews who lived in exile in Babylon were now allowed to return to Judah.

• Alexander the Great

• Nebuchadnezzar II

• Cyrus of Persia

• Julius Caesar

Accelerated Only: This blockade was orchestrated by Alexander the Great at the "heart of the Persian Empire."

• The Siege of Sparta

• The Siege of Macedonia

• The Siege of Tyre

• The Syrian Wars

Accelerated Only: This battle against Darius was a turning-point where the Persians were from then-on always on the defensive, and Alexander's conquests became unstoppable.

• Battle of Guagamela

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Peloponnese

• Battle of Athens

Check all who apply: After Alexander the Great took over the Mediterranean world and then died, which of his two generals became rivals and fought over his empire?

• Alexander II

• Hercules

• Ptolemy

• Seleucus

The adoption of Greek culture, language, and (sometimes) Greek religion is known as _______________.

ACCELERATED ONLY- Check all that apply: What were ways in which Jews became Hellenized.

• They took part in Greek festivals.

• They worshiped Athena alongside Yahweh.

• They translated the Talmud into Greek.

• They became influenced by Plato's ideas of the soul.

• They translated the Tanakh into Greek.

(Accelerated only) Describe what the Logos is and what Philo believed about it.

Answer explanation

Logos is the ordering principle of the universe.

For Philo: Logos is what we see and understand from God. But God is ultimately beyond human comprehension. Logos is God’s powers, not God.