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Overview of the Intertestamental Period

13.4 Let’s Practice…

1-2. What are the two sects which originated during the Hasmonean dynasty and were
prominent in Jesus’ time?

3. What is the name of the Seleucid king who desecrated the Temple and attempted to
abolish Judaism?

4. In which year was the temple desecrated?

5. Which prophet talks about the actions of this king (in question 2)? Give the specific verse.

6. How was the desecration of the Temple described in Daniel?

7. Give the name of a local priest who led the Jews into a revolt against the Syrians (Seleucids).

8. What is the name of his prominent son who carried on the military campaign.

9. What does “Maccabees” means?

10. In 165 BCE the Temple was rededicated and the Jews cerebrated the feast of what?

11-12. Name at least two things which angered the Jews and led to the Maccabean revolt?

13-14. What two main things did the revolt achieve?

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