A) Followers of John the Baptist B) People of the river Jordan C) Sons of the light D) Guardians or possessors of secret rites and knowledge
A) Kurt Rudolph B) Josephus C) John the Baptist D) The Dead Sea Scrolls author
A) Zealots B) Essenes C) Pharisees D) Sadducees
A) Sons of Light B) Lord of Greatness C) House of Perfection D) Chosen righteous
A) Guardians of secret rites B) Great building of Truth C) Baptismal water D) Elect of righteousness
A) Gentiles B) Sons of Light C) Pharisees D) The Great Building
A) Yardena B) Bnia nhura C) Manda D) Nasaraean
A) Forbidden to reveal names of angels to a gentile B) Forbidden to write down angel names C) Forbidden to pray to angels D) Forbidden to believe in angels
A) North–south B) East–west C) Facing the sunrise D) Facing Jerusalem
A) The tomb of John B) The Great building of Truth C) The book of righteousness D) The house of the Pharisees
A) Ginza Rabba B) Genesis Apocryphon II C) Book of Enoch D) Community Rule
A) Kurt Rudolph B) Epiphanius C) John the Baptist D) Joseph Lightfoot
A) Temple sacrifice B) Pacifism C) Urban living D) Political activism
A) Philo B) Pliny the Elder C) Epiphanius D) Josephus
A) The discovery of a temple inscription B) They are mentioned by name in the Qumran caves C) Pliny the Elder's account D) Direct testimony from their leader
A) They follow traditional ancestral burial customs B) They are individual, isolated burials C) The bodies were cremated D) They were buried with their entire families
A) They were not families B) They were temporary visitors C) They were royalty D) They were a nomadic tribe
A) Many were celibate B) They practiced polygamy C) They were all required to marry D) They were prohibited from marriage entirely
A) They owned nothing at all B) Collective ownership C) Private ownership D) State ownership
A) Reading the Torah B) Performing ritual baths C) Sacrificing animals D) Praying in public
A) They were against it B) They only allowed slave ownership for women C) They viewed it as a divine right D) They were masters of many slaves
A) Public confession before the whole city B) Repentance C) Permission from the Roman authorities D) A monetary offering
A) They relied solely on government subsidies B) They only traded with other Jews C) They were famous merchants D) They did not engage in it
A) Religious talismans B) Weapons C) Shields only D) Nothing, they were pacifists
A) Second Temple period B) Byzantine period C) Hellenistic period D) First Temple period
A) One thousand B) Ten thousand C) Two hundred D) Four thousand
A) Jerusalem B) Ein Gedi C) Masada D) Qumran
A) Levite priests B) Zadokite priests C) Roman priests D) Hasidic priests
A) The Elders B) Contemplatives C) Sons of Zadok D) The Laypeople
A) The Damascus Document B) Dead Sea Scrolls C) Antiquities of the Jews D) The Jewish War
A) Pliny B) VanderKam C) Philo D) Josephus
A) Essaion B) Essaios C) Esseni D) Essaioi
A) outsiders B) holiness C) doers of Torah D) pious
A) Josephus B) Gabriele Boccaccini C) Philo D) Pliny
A) Hassidim B) Hesi'im C) hisonim D) osey haTorah
A) hisonim B) Essaioi C) Hassidim D) Esseni
A) Hesi'im B) osey haTorah C) hisonim D) Hassidim
A) Sadducees B) Hassidim C) Pharisees D) Artemis
A) four B) five C) two D) three
A) gentler B) severer C) laxer D) identical
A) strictly professional B) constant conflict C) greater affection for each other D) no personal relationships
A) Boccaccini B) Pliny C) Josephus D) Philo
A) Dead Sea Scrolls B) The Mishnah C) The New Testament D) Eastern Aramaic texts
A) Antiquities of the Jews B) The Jewish War C) Sefer Yosippon D) The Mishnah
A) Jonathan B) Father Roland de Vaux C) The Teacher of Righteousness D) John the Essene
A) Joppa B) Emmaus C) Thamna D) Lydda
A) Norman Golb B) Lawrence Schiffman C) Philo D) Roland de Vaux
A) Jonathan B) The Teacher of Righteousness C) Father Roland de Vaux D) John the Essene
A) Norman Golb B) Roland de Vaux C) Lawrence Schiffman D) Fred Gladstone Bratton
A) John the Essene B) Fred Gladstone Bratton C) Father Roland de Vaux D) Lawrence Schiffman
A) Isolationist B) Monarchist C) Eschatological D) Secular
A) John 3:16 B) Matthew 5:1-10 C) Acts 2:42 D) Luke 1:31-35
A) A belief in multiple gods B) Strict adherence to dietary laws C) High devotion D) The worship of idols
A) Daniel R. Schwartz B) Luke the Evangelist C) The Prophet Elias D) Daniel de la Vierge-Marie
A) Military service B) Animal sacrifice C) Multiple marriages D) Voluntary celibacy
A) John the Baptist B) Daniel R. Schwartz C) Jesus D) The Prophet Elias
A) Jacob Qirqisani B) Abraham Harkavy C) The Alexandrinian D) Philo
A) 2nd century BCE B) 1st century BCE C) 1st century CE D) 3rd century BCE
A) Through written scriptures only B) Through an angel C) Directly through prophets D) Through animal sacrifice
A) The Torah B) The Temple C) The Covenant D) The Logos
A) They shared the same leaders B) They worshiped in the same temples C) They lived in the same cities D) The founding dates coincide |