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Intro to Bib

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When was the Bronze Age?
3300-1200 BCE
When was the Iron Age?
1200-539 BCE
When did the bishops develop into the leaders of Rabbinic Judaism?
After the destruction of the temple in 70 CE
What is the language of Mesopotamian literature?
Acadian
Where was Koine Greek spoken?
Eastern Roman Empire
What language was spoken in the Western Roman Empire?
Latin
Who held the power and marginalized people in Judah in the Persian period?
Returnees and immigrants
Where was polygamy legal?
Mesopotamian cities in Iron Age
Who rides on the clouds?
Yahweh and Baal
What were the six kingdoms of the Levantine after the collapse of the Bronze Age civilizations?
Philistine, Israel, Judah, Amazon, Moah, Edum
Who arranged the marriages in classical Athens?
The bridegroom and the bride's makes relatives
When did the second temple period begin?
586 BCE
When was the Hellenistic Period?
332-63 BCE
When was the Persian period?
539-332 BCE
What was the primary reasons for written texts in the ancient Mediterranean world?
Served as mnemonic aids
Could non-citizens own land in classical athens?
If you owned land you were considered a citizen
What are the two arms of the Fertile Crescent?
Mesopotamia and the Levant
What is the oldest extant copy of Tanaka literature produced in the 4th century CE?
Greek manuscript
Does Yahweh have significant underworld associations?
No
What was the intention of the Pentateuch?
To serve as the scripture of the community of Israel
What was corvée labor and what government is it a centralization of?
The king or prince can request your labor and it is the centralization of Israel and Judah in Iron Age II
What did frees slaves become in classical Athens?
Metics
What did frees slaves become in Rome?
Citizens
What are the extant copies of Mesopotamian literature written on?
Clay tablets
What two gods are described as the father of humanity?
Yahweh and El
What two groups include the books of Deuteerocanonical literature as part of the Old Testament?
Roman Catholic and Oethodox Christianity
What languages is the Tanaka literature written in?
Hebrew and Aramaic
What is Patria protestes?
Gave the man of the family the power to sell his children into slavery or throw them in the trash
When were the settlement patterns in Israel and Judah virilocal (where women left their families to live with the men)?
Iron Age 1
Could citizens in Athens be enslaved for debt or as a punishment for crimes?
No they could not be
What were the oldest extant fragments of Greek literature and how were they preserved?
Papyri produced in 3rd century BCE and they were preserved by the dry climate of Egypt
The titles of Alexander the Great included
Imperator, Augustus and princeps
What is the Tanakh literature named for?
It's three sections in the Hebrew bible
Who were the Canaanites?
A group of people in the southern Levantine in the second millennium BCE
Why was 70 CE important?
The date that Romans destroyed the second temple
What was kouroi?
Statues of young men, naked and beautiful, life sized or larger
What were the Dead Sea Scrolls?
The oldest extant fragments of the Tanakh literature
Who was Augustus?
The Roman son of a god who brought peace to the world
Who were the Pharisees?
One of the Judean sects that arose within the Second Temple Period
Who were the scribal profession?
A small group of elites that produced the Tanakh literature
What happened in 1200 BCE?
The Bronze Age civilizations collapsed
Who was Yahweh?
The nationalistic god of Israel and Judah
Who was Herod the Great?
The client king of the Romans who ruled Judah
What is apotheosis?
The deification of Roman emperors after their deaths
What happened in 722 BCE?
The date when Samaria became an Assyrian province
Who was Judah Maccabee?
The leader of a revolt against the Seleucids in Judah
What is a legion?
The basic unit of the Roman army
What happened in 586 BCE?
The Babylonians put a definitive end to Jerusalem's independence
What were the focus and center of economic, religious, and or political power and authority in Mesopotamian cities?
Temple and palace
Who was the "rider of the clouds" in Ugaritic texts?
Baal
What was the atoning ritual substance in the biblical cult?
Blood
What revolution consisted of the introduction of agriculture and animal husbandry?
Neolithic
Imperium includes the power to do what?
Control an army and sentence people to death
Who was the grey-haired god that sat at the patriarchal head of the divine council that met on his sacred mountain in Ugaritic mythological literature?
El
In 500 BCE, who was ruled an empire that stretched from Asia Minor, Syria and Egypt to modern Afghanistan and Pakistan?
Macedonians
In classical Athens, what age were women married and to what age men were they married to?
Teens (13-14) and thirties
What are features of a society that archaeologists describe with the word "civilization"?
Government, taxation
What were the three public buildings that defines the Greek way of life?
Theaters, Greek style temples, and gymnasium
What was the language of the New Testament literature?
Koine Greek
What can the Greek word "politiea" be translated to?
Constitution or body of citizens
What were key changes in Israel and Judah in Iron Age II?
Increase in social stratification, centralization of government, population increase
Who ruled over the Hellenistic kingdom that consisted of Asia Minor, Syria, and the eastern part of Alexander's empire?
Seleucus and his descendants
Where was most of the Tanakh literature produced?
Jerusalem and Babylon
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