A) The resurrection of Jesus B) The crucifixion of Jesus C) The baptism of Jesus D) The sermon on the mount
A) He put it to a vote B) He washed his hands C) He fled Jerusalem D) He condemned Jesus himself
A) Nero B) Tiberius C) Augustus D) Caligula
A) Pentecost B) Passover C) Tabernacles D) Hanukkah
A) Simon B) Barabbas C) Matthew D) Lazarus
A) As a villain only B) As a martyr C) As a hero D) As a figure of moral conflict
A) Maintaining order and avoiding unrest B) The opinions of the Pharisees C) Justice for Jesus D) The truth of the accusations
A) Luke B) John C) Matthew D) Mark
A) Suetonius B) Josephus C) Pliny the Younger D) Tacitus
A) "Follower of Jesus Christ" B) "Skilled with the javelin (pilum)" C) "Leader of the Jewish council" D) "Descendant of a Roman emperor"
A) "A Roman legion" B) "An ancient city in Italy" C) "A title of nobility in Judaea" D) "The pileus or Phrygian cap, possibly indicating a freedman ancestor"
A) "An ancestor was a Greek philosopher" B) "An ancestor was a Roman emperor" C) "An ancestor lived in Jerusalem" D) "An ancestor came from Samnium in central, southern Italy"
A) "Slave origin" B) "Noble origin" C) "Plebeian origin" D) "Patrician origin"
A) "With a legion stationed at the Rhine or Danube" B) "In Egypt" C) "In Greece" D) "In Jerusalem"
A) 26 to 36/37 AD B) 19 to 29 AD C) 30 to 40 AD D) 17 to 27 AD
A) Caesarea B) Jerusalem C) Antioch D) Capri
A) Joseph ben Caiaphas B) Eleazar ben Ananias C) Jonathan ben Ananus D) Ananus ben Ananus
A) Zealots B) Pharisees C) Sadducees D) Essenes
A) Herod Agrippa I B) Philip the Tetrarch C) Archelaus D) Herod Antipas
A) Pontius Pilate B) Herod Antipas C) Lucius Vitellius D) The Jewish Sanhedrin
A) Daniel R. Schwartz B) E. Stauffer C) Jean-Pierre Lémonon D) Kenneth Lönnqvist
A) Their relationship mended. B) They became political allies. C) It deteriorated further. D) Herod Antipas was removed from power.
A) Promoting the imperial cult B) Reducing military presence in Jerusalem C) Building new infrastructure projects D) Implementing tax reforms
A) The number does not seem particularly high B) Thousands were killed C) Only a few dozen were affected D) All Galileans in Jerusalem were killed
A) Cicero B) Tacitus C) Seneca D) Pliny the Younger
A) Pontius Pilate himself B) Roman soldiers C) Nero D) Prominent Jews
A) Cognitio extra ordinem B) Lex Julia de adulteriis C) Repetundae D) Judicium publicum
A) Treason against Rome B) Theft C) Blasphemy D) Sedition
A) Mark B) John C) Luke D) Matthew
A) S. G. F. Brandon B) Josephus C) Philo D) Tacitus
A) Caesarea Maritima B) Bethlehem C) Tirathana near Mount Gerizim D) Jerusalem
A) Augustus B) Tiberius C) Caligula D) Lucius Vitellius the Elder
A) Vespasian B) Claudius C) Nero D) Caligula
A) Eusebius B) Josephus C) Philo D) Tacitus
A) All historians agree on the details of Pilate's death. B) No other surviving records corroborate Pilate's suicide. C) Pilate's suicide is well-documented in Roman archives. D) Many records confirm Pilate's suicide.
A) Celsus B) Socrates C) Plato D) Aristotle
A) Origen B) Tacitus C) Celsus D) Eusebius
A) 1961 B) 1984 C) 1955 D) 1970
A) Aquila B) Tiberieum C) Caesarea Palace D) Temple of Augustus
A) The inscription is fragmentary. B) It was damaged by natural causes. C) It was written in an unknown language. D) Pilate's name is missing.
A) A lighthouse B) A marketplace C) A temple dedicated to Tiberius D) A Roman bathhouse
A) Naming buildings after Roman emperors. B) Naming public baths after senators. C) Naming religious sites after gods. D) Naming military structures after victories.
A) Governor of Judaea B) Praetorian Prefect C) Pontifex Maximus D) Quattuorvir (IIIVIR)
A) It was believed to be an ancient myth. B) It was considered a forgery. C) It was accepted as genuine. D) It was lost and forgotten.
A) Perutah B) Denarius C) Aureus D) Sestertius
A) Alexandria B) Antioch C) Jerusalem D) Rome
A) ΠΟΝΤΙΟΣ ΠΙΛΑΤΟΣ B) ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΥ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ C) ΗΡΩΔΗΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ D) ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ
A) They only read ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΥ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ. B) They started including a portrait of Tiberius. C) They were no longer minted in Jerusalem. D) They began to feature Jewish symbols.
A) Alexander Demandt B) Helen Bond C) Henry MacAdam D) Joan Taylor
A) A. Mazar B) Josephus C) Kenneth Lönnqvist D) Talmud
A) Solomon's Pools B) Biar Aqueduct C) Wadi el-Biyar Aqueduct D) Arrub aqueduct
A) 19th century B) 2018 C) 2000 D) 2021
A) Solomon's Pools B) Rome C) Herodium D) Jerusalem
A) ΠΙΛΑΤΟ(Υ) (Pilato(u)) B) ΜΑΞΙΜΙΝΟΣ (Maximinus) C) ΣΙΚΑΡΙΟΙ (Sicarii) D) ΤΕΡΩΝ (Tiberius)
A) The cheap material B) It was discovered at Herodium. C) It was dated to 2018. D) The inscription was in Latin.
A) Temple treasury B) Roman soldiers C) Zealots D) Sicarii
A) Wadi el-Biyar Aqueduct B) Arrub aqueduct C) Solomon's Pools D) Biar Aqueduct
A) Church History B) Inscription on a sealing ring C) Talmud (Lamentations Rabbah 4.4) D) Apocryphal texts
A) Eusebius' Church History B) Apocryphal texts C) Justin Martyr's writings D) Tertullian's writings
A) Maximinus II B) Trajan C) Constantine D) Tiberius
A) Eusebius' Church History B) Christian apologist Justin Martyr around 160 C) Apocryphal texts D) Tertullian in late first-, early second-century
A) Rome B) Bethlehem C) Egypt D) Jerusalem
A) Greek B) Ge'ez (Ethiopic) C) Hebrew D) Latin
A) The Mors Pilati B) The Evangelium Gamalielis C) The Cura sanitatis Tiberii D) The Vindicta Salvatoris
A) The Cura sanitatis Tiberii B) The Evangelium Gamalielis C) The Vindicta Salvatoris D) The Martyrium Pilati
A) Seventh century B) Ninth century C) Eleventh century D) Fifth century
A) The Mors Pilati B) The Evangelium Gamalielis C) The Cura sanitatis Tiberii D) The Vindicta Salvatoris
A) The Vindicta Salvatoris B) The Mors Pilati C) The Cura sanitatis Tiberii D) The Evangelium Gamalielis
A) Swordsmanship B) Architecture C) Medicine D) Astrology
A) Vienne B) Jerusalem C) Rome D) Mainz
A) Stealing from the king B) Attempting to escape C) Killing another hostage D) Refusing to obey orders
A) A position in the court B) Ruben's property C) An army to fight with D) Money and jewels
A) Seville B) Tarragona C) Huesca D) Lyon
A) Fortingall B) Vienne C) Bamberg D) Tarragona
A) Frescoes B) Ivory C) Metal D) Manuscripts
A) Large-scale church paintings B) Ivory carvings C) Manuscript illuminations D) Woodcuts
A) Stereotyped Jewish features B) Roman imperial attributes C) Greek philosopher traits D) Angelic characteristics
A) Benediktbeuern passion play B) Alsfelder Passionsspiel C) Arnoul Gréban's fifteenth-century Passion D) Frankfurter Passionsspiel
A) Germany B) England C) France D) Italy
A) Mystère de la Passion d'Angers by Jean Michel B) Alsfelder Passionsspiel C) Frankfurter Passionsspiel D) Ludus de Passione from Klosterneuburg
A) Rome B) Sicily C) Egypt D) Gaul
A) Indifference to the fate of humanity B) Optimistic belief in human progress C) Faith in divine intervention D) Materialist pessimism, believing mankind will soon destroy itself
A) 15 August B) 19 June C) 25 December D) 25 June
A) Josephus B) Philo C) The Gospels D) Tacitus
A) Completely supportive B) Mostly neutral C) Very critical D) Hostile
A) M. P. Charlesworth B) Paul Maier C) E. Stauffer D) Henry MacAdam
A) "Pilate's coins explicitly deny any connection" B) "It was proven false by archaeological findings" C) "Sejanus never existed" D) "The evidence depends entirely on Philo" |