Jewish parties

Who are the Pharisees

• Strictly believed in the Old Testament and the Torah

• The Lord's disciples

• Called themselves Moses' followers

• The Apostles

Who were the Sadducees

• A group of Roman soldiers
• A Greek philosophical school
• A group of wealthy and upper class men that wanted to get rid of tradition and only believed in the Torah

• A Persian religious sect

The Sadducees believed in the afterlife, souls and angels

• True

• False

Professionals that worked on copying and preserving the law

• Scribes
• Pilots
• Chefs
• Artists

What was the Sanhedrin

• Worked for the Roman king

• Consisted of 71 members

• Similar to the supreme court

• Was made up of Pharisees, Sadducees, and priests

Political opportunists that wanted to maintain the Herods on the throne

• Economic reformers
• Foreign invaders
• Religious zealots
• Herodians

Sought to overthrow the Roman government

• Alexander the Great
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Genghis Khan
• Zealots

6th ruler of Judea; listened to Jewish leaders and approved of the Lord's crucifixion

• Pontius Pilate
• Julius Caesar
• Alexander the Great
• Nero

Family name of Roman rulers who ruled over Palestine and surrounding regions

• Herod
• Nero
• Augustus
• Caesar

Killed the infants of Bethlehem

• Herod the Great

• Genghis Khan
• Emperor Nero
• Queen Elizabeth