Quizlet Judaic Studies

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  1. Herod: A king of the jews
  2. Herod not so Great: Not caring about Jews, killed 2 pharisees for taking down the roman symbbol on the temple gate, killed two wifes, killed another wife to please his daughter, then he killed his daughter.
  3. Herod the Great: Built a fort called Masada, built the most beautifull temple, expanded the Biet Hamikdash, rebuilt Jerusalem.
  4. Messiah: anointed one
  5. Sicarii: "The dagger men" they assasinate their enemies mostly Sadducees.
  6. What are the Dead Sea Scrolls? Why are they significant?: They are the oldest copies of biblical texts ever discovered. It teaches us about the Essenes.
  7. What does Messiah have to do with the war?: Jews prayed ot God for Messiah to come and save them from the sufering of the war.
  8. What happpened there?: Sicariii commited suicide because Romans demolished walls of fortress.
  9. What is Masada?: A fortress
  10. What is Tisha b'Av: A day of mourning, we fast 25 hours.
  11. When was the Beit Hamikdash destroyed and by who?: In 70 CE, by a Roman soldier
  12. Who fought on Masada: The Sicarii
  13. Who is Josephus?: He was a prisinor in the war with the Romans, a journalist.
  14. Why some brave and why some extremist?: Brave: Refused to give in to the Romans Extremist: Would not fight alongside other jews.
  15. Why was Josephus significant?: He wrote a book about what happened.
  16. Zealots: Attacked chief priests and aristocrats