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Question 1: Other sects emerged at this time, such as the ________ in Jerusalem and the Therapeutae in Egypt.
Early ChristianityCrusadesBiblical canonEast–West Schism

Question 2: Bath houses were built in ________, for instance, and the gymnasium became a center of social, athletic, and intellectual life.
BeirutIsraelDamascusJerusalem

Question 3: Critical biblical scholarship puts forth the claim that the ________ was also redacted during this period according to the documentary hypotheses.
KabbalahTorahJudaismBible

Question 4: The sages of the ________ see a direct link between themselves and the Pharisees, and historians generally consider Pharisaic Judaism to be the progenitor of Rabbinic Judaism, that is normative, mainstream Judaism after the destruction of the Second Temple.
MidrashJewish philosophyRabbinic literatureTalmud

Question 5: Indeed, much of Jesus' teaching, for example the ________, is consistent with that of the Pharisees and later Rabbinic thought.
Sermon on the MountDisciple (Christianity)New Testament view on Jesus' lifeGospel

Question 6: When Simon was killed in 135 BCE, his son ________ took his place as high priest and king.
Herod the GreatAlexander JannaeusHasmoneanJohn Hyrcanus

Question 7: According to the classic ________ in Avot D'Rabbi Nathan (4:5):
BibleRabbinic literatureMidrashTalmud

Question 8: In 537 BCE, ________ inaugurated the Persian period of Jewish history by allowing Jews to return to Judea and rebuild the Temple, which was completed in 515 BCE.
Cyrus the GreatAlexander the GreatIranAchaemenid Empire

Question 9: The Pharisaic attitude is perhaps best exemplified by a story about ________, who lived at the end of the 1st century BCE.
TannaimElisha ben AbuyahHillel the ElderShammai

Question 10: According to the Torah, Jews were required to travel to Jerusalem and offer sacrifices at the Temple three times a year: Pesach (________), Shavuot (the Feast of Weeks), and Sukkot (the Feast of Tabernacles).
ShabbatThe Nine DaysPassoverJewish holiday
















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