1. The span of Jewish history from 515 BCE to 70 CE is referred to a the Second Temple period. 2. Which Seleucid (Greek) ruler initiated a reign of terror designed to exterminate the Jewish religion? Antiochus Epiphanes 3. Which person brought Palestine under Greek control‚ inaugurating the Hellenistic period? Alexander the Great 4. Which group led a successful Jewish rebellion to gain freedom from foreign rule? Maccabees 5. Which ruling family ruled an independent Jewish state until civil wars
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account of the life and teachings of Jesus‚ and the Book of Acts‚ which is an account of the growth and expansion of Christianity after the death of Jesus down through close to the end of the ministry of Paul. There was in the days of Herod‚ the king of Judea‚ a certain priest named Zachariah‚ and his wife; who was of the daughters of Aaron named Elizabeth. They were both righteous in the eyes of God‚ following all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord perfectly. Zachariah and Elizabeth were very
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Jesus: Messiah or Universal Savior Although the gospels of Matthews and Like are the most similar of all of the canonical gospels‚ they offer different messages and send differing accounts of the figure of Jesus. Matthew calls Jesus the Jewish Messiah‚ while Luke does the opposite. Luke calls Jesus the universal savior‚ and by doing so each writer sets up their gospel to try and explain who they think Christ is by using their writing and knowledge to their advantage. Matthew depicts Jesus to
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Turning Point in Jewish History Diaspora will not be the death of a religion. The concept may seem to make sense to us‚ but the realization of this is what turned desperation of a displaced people into a lasting religion. The Babylonian exile of the Jews had such monumental and lasting effects‚ it has become proverbial. There have been many events in Jewish History that can be seen as specific turning points. Arguably‚ the most pivotal turning point may have been within the years of about 632
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Revelation which led Zhang Shukai had to kept the secret. 2. From Zhang Shukai’s story‚ we can know that it was a dark period for rich people‚ rural landlord capitalist. like Zhang Shukai‚ the son of a rural landlord‚ he suffered persecution from Maoist zealots. After the founding of People’s Republic of China‚ there was a movement called Land Reform‚ the government confiscated arable land from rural landlord and then allocated those land
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it is an 18th century invention 2. Who created the first photograph? How was this done? The first picture or photograph was produced by a French inventor‚ Joseph Nicephore Niepce. Niepce used a pewter plate and a substance known as bitumen of Judea. Bituman hardens when it is exposed to light‚ so the unhardened parts could be washed away‚ leaving the negative image of the object. Then ink was applied. 3. What is a calotype? What happens in this process? A calotype used paper coated with
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CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS GCE Advanced Level MARK SCHEME for the October/November 2012 series 9011 DIVINITY 9011/02 Paper 2 (The Four Gospels)‚ maximum raw mark 100 This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates‚ to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began‚ which would have
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Christianity and the Roman Empire Tara Bogle Sociology 101 August 12‚ 2004 Christianity has become one of the largest religions in the world. It is a religion that began in the Mediterranean over 2‚000 years ago with the death of Jesus Christ. Where it began‚ however‚ is not what make Christianity unique. The most startling part about this is that it began in the Roman Empire ‚ the very empire that crucified Christ‚ and within 400 years‚ was the only religion allowed. How did this happen
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crazed religious zealots who vented their rage against this goddess of love‚ but their act was also something of a barbaric war against man’s greatest achievements‚ including art. The Venus of Milo is of one but many‚ many pieces historians‚ scientists and archeologists are trying to restore what early Christianity ruthlessly destroyed and/or mutilated. I am not squeamish by any means but I am still sickened‚ and I think mankind’s greatest atrocity had to be by Christian zealots burning down the
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The Jews in Judea‚ between Egypt and the state of Mesopotamia‚ did not encourage or consider the culture of Hellenism. Despite the resistance‚ the rebuilding of Jerusalem began and the society gained rule under another empire resulting in the introduction to a new openness
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