Statistics for Second Temple Judaism

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
The sea next to which the Qumran scrolls were found	Dead Sea	91%
Modern-day Jewish festival which commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple	Hanukkah	64%
Year in which the Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans	70 CE	59%
The Hellenistic empire which he ruled	Seleucid Empire	59%
Roman emperor who oversaw this destruction	Titus	59%
For years, the prevailing theory was that the Qumran community consisted of members of this Jewish sect	Essenes	45%
His son, who continued the revolt and led a Jewish army	Judas Maccabeus	41%
Name of the king who, according to tradition, tried to suppress the Jewish religion	Antiochus IV Epiphanes	27%
Name of the priest who, according to the Books of Maccabees, kick-started the Maccabean Revolt	Mattathias	23%
Jewish sage whose writings are preserved in the deuterocanonical Book of Ecclesiasticus	Ben Sira	18%
Two Semitic groups who were forcibly converted to Judaism under the Hasmoneans	Idumeans	18%
Three mysterious, anonymous figures mentioned in the Damascus Document from Qumran	Teacher of Righteousness	9%
Two Semitic groups who were forcibly converted to Judaism under the Hasmoneans	Itureans	5%
Three mysterious, anonymous figures mentioned in the Damascus Document from Qumran	Man of Lies	5%
Three mysterious, anonymous figures mentioned in the Damascus Document from Qumran	Wicked Priest	5%