1 Maccabees - Quiz
A) To promote the integration of Hellenistic political structures B) To uphold the righteousness and legitimacy of Hasmonean rule C) To advocate for the restoration of the Zadokite priesthood D) To critique the moral failures of the Hasmonean kings
A) The line of Aaron B) The line of Levi C) The line of Melchizedek D) The line of Zadok
A) It compares their deeds to heroes like Joshua and David B) It claims they are direct physical descendants of Solomon C) It states they were given the law directly by Moses D) It argues they performed the same miracles as Elijah
A) As people who hate their own nation B) As misguided individuals who need conversion C) As legitimate political rivals in a democratic state D) As scholars whose opinions deserve careful study
A) They were cowardly during the battle B) They did not listen to Judas and his brothers C) They lacked the proper religious equipment D) They were traitors working for the Seleucids
A) Simon Thassi B) Judas Maccabeus C) Jonathan D) Mattathias
A) Judas B) The High Priest C) Jonathan D) Simon
A) Pharisees B) Stoics C) Sadducees D) Essenes
A) Bodily resurrection B) The sanctity of the Law C) The existence of a single God D) The importance of the Temple
A) As the ultimate act of faith B) As a necessary precursor to divine intervention C) With dismissiveness and contempt D) As a strategy for political change
A) The prayers of the righteous B) The military genius of Judas and his brothers C) Divine visions given to the priests D) Supernatural intervention by angels
A) The Lord of Hosts B) The Almighty C) Heaven D) The Holy One
A) 1 Maccabees denies the existence of sin, while 2 Maccabees mandates repentance B) 1 Maccabees blames Jewish sin, while 2 Maccabees blames external evil C) 1 Maccabees blames external evil, while 2 Maccabees blames Jewish sin D) 1 Maccabees focuses on miracles, while 2 Maccabees focuses on strategy
A) The Roman Republic and Sparta B) The Persians and the Greeks C) The Egyptians and the Babylonians D) The Phoenicians and the Assyrians
A) A theocratic state that refused all foreign contact B) A secular state that rejected all religious influence C) A Hellenistic state that modeled itself entirely after Rome D) An explicitly Jewish state that remained pragmatic in its alliances
A) Latin B) Syriac C) Aramaic D) Hebrew
A) Antioch B) Alexandria C) Rome D) Judea
A) New International Version B) The Living Bible C) King James Version D) Revised Standard Version
A) Epistolary B) Historical C) Prophetic D) Wisdom
A) Four B) Three C) Seven D) Twelve
A) Simplifying the grammar for commoners B) Imitating Hebrew style C) Writing in the style of Hellenistic poetry D) Adopting the style of Roman historians
A) Leader B) Hammer C) Warrior D) Shield
A) The king of the Hasmoneans B) The entire rebel army C) Judah Maccabee D) The high priest
A) The Vulgate B) The Peshitta C) The Dead Sea Scrolls D) The Septuagint
A) 3rd–5th century AD B) 19th century AD C) 1st century BC D) 1st century AD
A) Judah Maccabee B) Eusebius C) Origen of Alexandria D) The author of 2 Maccabees
A) Greek B) Aramaic C) Latin D) Egyptian
A) God B) Prince C) Book D) House or dynasty
A) 10th century AD B) 3rd century AD C) 19th century D) 1st century AD
A) Egyptian Empire B) Seleucid Empire C) Persian Empire D) Roman Empire
A) John Hyrcanus B) Alexander the Great C) Antiochus IV Epiphanes D) Pompey
A) Simon Thassi B) Judas Maccabeus C) Alexander Jannaeus D) Mattathias
A) Hebrew B) Latin C) Syriac D) Koine Greek
A) Catholic Church B) Rabbinic Judaism C) Orthodox Tewahedo D) Protestant denominations
A) 134 BC B) 164 BC C) 170 BC D) 63 BC
A) High Priest B) Roman General C) Jewish Prophet D) Court historian
A) Pro-Hasmonean B) Anti-Hasmonean C) Hostile D) Neutral
A) The family of Alexander the Great B) Mattathias' family C) The family of Demetrius I D) The family of Ptolemy VI
A) A heavy fine B) Imprisonment C) Exile D) Death
A) Modein B) Jerusalem C) Alexandria D) Antioch
A) Hanukkah B) Passover C) Purim D) Yom Kippur
A) Simon Thassi B) John Hyrcanus C) Mattathias D) Jonathan Apphus
A) Governor of Egypt B) High priest C) General of the armies D) King of the Jews
A) John Hyrcanus B) Demetrius II C) Judas Maccabeus D) Jonathan Apphus
A) Judas Maccabeus B) Jonathan A. Goldstein C) Flavius Josephus D) Bezalel Bar-Kochva
A) The specific handwriting of prophets B) The legal codes of Rome C) The mythological legends of Greece D) Content
A) Official propaganda B) Historical bias C) Divine revelation D) Admissions against interest
A) Firsthand accounts from interviews B) Only personal combat experience C) Only copies of government documents D) Purely oral tradition without verification
A) New Testament revelation B) Hebrew Tanakh C) Canonical scripture D) Biblical apocrypha
A) No authority B) Historical authority only C) Secondary authority D) Primary authority
A) The Crusades B) The Enlightenment C) The Protestant Reformation D) The Investiture Controversy
A) Innocent I B) Baldwin I C) Pope Damasus I D) Augustine of Hippo
A) Investiture Controversy B) Arian Controversy C) Iconoclastic Controversy D) Great Schism
A) Pope Damasus I B) Pope Urban II C) Pope Innocent I D) Pope Pius V
A) November B) October C) September D) December
A) The Church Fathers B) Persecuted Christians C) Martyred Apostles D) The Holy Family
A) Late summer/early autumn B) Lent C) Epiphany D) Advent
A) Presbyterians B) Anabaptists C) Methodists D) Pentecostals
A) Codex Vaticanus B) Codex Ephraemi C) Codex Bezae D) Codex Sinaiticus
A) Codex Vaticanus B) Codex Sinaiticus C) The Septuagint D) Codex Alexandrinus
A) Syriac B) Armenian C) Arabic D) Latin
A) 1517 B) 1936 C) 1980 D) 1922
A) Complutensian Polyglot Bible B) King James Bible C) Geneva Bible D) Vulgate |
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