NBST 515 Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers Latest Graded A+

NBST 515 Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers Latest
Graded A+


Question:
Five main eras of the Second Temple Period. Be sure to know the time frame for each era.
Answer:
Babylonian (606-539).


Persian (539-331).

Greek (331-167): Ptolemaic (320-198) and Seleucid (198-167).

Jewish Self-Rule (167-63).

Roman (63BC - AD70).

Question:
Three crises experienced by the Jews that resulted from the Bab. captivity.
Answer:
Dissolution of the monarchy, loss of central sanctuary, proximity to Gentiles.


Question:
Most likely period of time in why synagogue emerged.
Answer:
Bab. exile


Question:
Whether idol worship became more or less common among Jews living in exile
Answer:
Less common: they learned that God would not tolerate idol worship.


Question:
Persian king who defeated Bab.
Answer:

,Cyrus of Persia


Question:
Who decreed that the Jewish people could return from exile to their homeland?
Answer:
Cyrus


Question:
Three phrases of the Greek period and the years in which each kingdom ruled Israel.
Answer:
Conquests of Alex the Great (331-320), Ptolemaic period (320-198), and Seleucid (198-167).


Question:
Persian king defeated by Alex the Great that led to Alex becoming new world ruler.
Answer:
Darius III


Question:
Whether Greek rulers typically provided more or less religious freedom to conquered people than
Persians rulers
Answer:
Less


Question:
Alex's general who eventually established a kingdom in Egypt
Answer:
Ptolemy I Soter


Question:
What Josephus reveals about a great exportation of Jews to Egypt during the Ptolemaic period.
Answer:
On the Sabbath Ptolemy I invaded Israel and took 120,000 Jews captive to Alexandria, where they
stayed until Ptolemy's son Philadelphus freed them.

,Question:
Basic background about the LXX.
Answer:
70 or 72 scholars translated the Hebrew Scripture into Greek in Alexandria. This was for Jews who
understood Greek better than Hebrew.


Question:
The meaning of the term "Epiphanes"
Answer:
"The Glorious One": implying that he was the incarnation of Zeus on earth


Question:
The two needs/desires of Antiochus IV and led to many hardships amongst the Jewish people
Answer:
Desire for the spread of Greek culture and the need for great amounts of money to pay Rome led
him to look to the Jerusalem temple treasures with ever-increasing avarice.


Question:
The more severe measures taken by Antiochus IV against the Jewish people
Answer:
Allowing a Gentile into the temple, banning the Torah, circumcision, festivals, and offerings to
YHWH. Worst of all: dedicated the Jerusalem temple to Zeus, erecting a statue of Zeus in the
temple and sacrificing a pig on the altar.


Question:
Jewish priest from Modein who began a Jewish resistance movement against the Seleucids.
Answer:
Mattathias


Question:
Event that is commemorated in the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah.
Answer:

, Mattathias' son Judas cleansing of the temple in 164 BC.


Question:
Violation of Scripture made by Jonathan, son of Mattathias.
Answer:
Accepted position of high priest from one of the other claimants to the Syrian throne in 152 BC.


Question:
Son of Mattathias who achieved national autonomy for Israel
Answer:
Simon


Question:
Son of Simon known for expanding borders of the Judean territory into Moab and Idumea.
Answer:
Hyrcanus


Question:
First Hasmonean ruler to assume the title of king.
Answer:
Aristobulus


Question:
Unpopular Hasmonean ruler who was married to Salome Alexandra and was known for his
brutality
Answer:
Alexander Janneus


Question:
Hasmonean ruler known for making amends with the Pharisees
Answer:
Salome Alexandra