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Second Temple Judaism

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Last updated: May 11, 2020
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First submittedMay 11, 2020
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Name of the priest who, according to the Books of Maccabees, kick-started the Maccabean Revolt
Mattathias
His son, who continued the revolt and led a Jewish army
Judas Maccabeus
Three mysterious, anonymous figures mentioned in the Damascus Document from Qumran
Teacher of Righteousness
Wicked Priest
Man of Lies
Name of the king who, according to tradition, tried to suppress the Jewish religion
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
The Hellenistic empire which he ruled
Seleucid Empire
Modern-day Jewish festival which commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple
Hanukkah
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The sea next to which the Qumran scrolls were found
Dead Sea
For years, the prevailing theory was that the Qumran community consisted of members of this Jewish sect
Essenes
Year in which the Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans
70 CE
Roman emperor who oversaw this destruction
Titus
Jewish sage whose writings are preserved in the deuterocanonical Book of Ecclesiasticus
Ben Sira
Two Semitic groups who were forcibly converted to Judaism under the Hasmoneans
Idumeans
Itureans
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