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