A zealous Jewish priest who started the revolt against the tyrannical Greek rulers, under the leadership of his sons Jews won relative independence from the Syrian Greeks.

A well-known emperor who expanded the Greek empire and promoted Greek culture in his vast empire.

A capricious cruel ruler who is hated by Jews and was known for his building projects 

A revolt leader who won Jewish independence from the Seleucids.

An empire who dominated Jews during the time of Jesus' life and the time of the writing of the New Testament

Group which believed that the Jewish society is so corrupt that the right thing to so is withdraw from society and set an isolated community devoted to observing the will of God

Ordinary Jews, whose  main preoccupation is to survive. They may be ignorant of the finer points of the law, and therefore may not be so meticulous in observing it. 

A group which believed that devotion to God must mean being willing to fight and die for their faith and take up arms  against the Romans

A party which collaborated with the family of Herod for political and material benefits.

This group were the descendant of the "pious ones" who believed that practicing the law as perfectly as they is God's will and doing so will pave the way for God to liberate them from Roman oppression.

Composed of 70 leaders who regularly meet, the highest governing body of the Jews. 

Composed of political leaders and Jewish elite who collaborated with the Romans thus retaining their position and privilege.

Inhabitants of Samaria, the descendants of people who intermarried with non Israelites and therefore developed as a different religion from Judaism. Despised by Jews from Judah.

Professional class, experts of the law, respected and called Rabbi by the people.

A group of revolutionaries who carried a dagger ready to strike and kill Romans.

Superpower which ruled Palestine after the Babylonian exile

A Greek emperor who took Palestine from the Ptolemies of Egypt. He taxed the Jews heavily and banned the practice of Jewish Religion.

An important building sacred to the Jews, which was desecrated by the Seleucids. This building is the center of Jewish faith and worship

The founding events, Jesus life and Ministry and those of apostles

The handing down of the stories about Jesus both written and oral

The Final Canonization Process

The use, copying, exchanging sharing of NT writings

The collection, selection and editing of the New Testament materials

The composition and publication of books and letters

Named after the apostles two of whom are the two brothers of Jesus, meant for all the churches at that time

Written by the apostle Paul to the churches he has planted all over the Roman empire

Book that describes the final realization of God's reign on earth

Contains the books that tell of the life and ministry of Jesus

The most significant event in history which became the marker of time.

The number of books in the New Testament

Apostle who wrote the most number of books in the New Testament

The earliest NT books to be written

Meaning authoritative teaching or measure/standard of authoritative teaching

Witnesses to the life and teachings of Jesus, to whom the preaching of the Good News (Gospel) of God's Kingdom were entrusted.

The early disciples of Jesus did not have the New Testament writing yet, they were the one's who wrote what they have seen and heard.

There are more books in the Old Testament than the books in the New Testament

Most of the letters of Paul were mainly letters to inidividual Christians.

was a  "tekton" a house-builder instead of carpenter as houses in Palestine then were made of stones, or what we today may call a construction worker

Place where Joseph and even Jesus must have worked as a construction worker

is the coming King--He himself is the Good News!

The life he lived, what he has done, and taught brought the

The Father's approbation Jesus' decision to go about his mission through suffering forgiving love is affirmed by

Choose the sentences that represent the teachings in the Sermon on the Mount.

Jesus' Sermon on the Mount emphasized the importance of a persons heart and not just the actions

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells us not to condemn people, but to be discerning of false teachers.

The people who followed Jesus and to whom the Sermon on the Mount is directed were the people who have been longing for the Kingdom of God.

The Beatitudes affirm the reverse/upside-down nature of the Kingdom of God which Jesus taught to his disciples in the gospel of Mark.

Portrays Jesus as a lawgiver who gives  the law that is superior to the Jewish law

We can  find the Lord's Prayer in the Sermon in the Mount.

The Beatitudes  state that the powerful people are blessed

Jesus instructed his followers to be test those who teach about him by their obedience to Christ, because there are teachers who claim to be his followers but are actually  evil doers.

Reading the Sermon the the Mount in Matthew and Luke, we can conclude that  being poor means to feel need and dependence on God.

The beatitudes in Luke condemns the rich and those who have their fill.

gives special attention to the poor, the oppressed, the afflicted—the Last, the least and the lost.

was the setting of exorcisms and other miraculous healings

ruled by herodian rulers who cared little for the welfare of the Jews

Jesus' place of origin/hometown

the center of worship and learning after the destruction of the temple by the Babylonians

became the fundamental expression of Jewish faith to the point that extreme punishments were promulgated for its violation

were instruments of God’s comfort and continuing chessed in times of despair.