The Growth of Judaism 3

The _______ broke away from the temple and lived in the desert. They prayed for God to deliver the Jews from the Romans.

Essenes

The Jews were not as powerful after the death of _____.

Herod

In AD 1948, Palestine was divided and a new Jewish nation called __________ was created.

Israel

They revolted in AD 66 and drove the Romans out of __________.

Jerusalem

Herod ruled Judaea when _____ was born.

Jesus

Romans allowed ________ _______ to run Judaea.

Jewish rulers

In response, Romans destroyed the temple and exiled the ____.

Jews.

_______ ___ ______ founded a school that became a center for Torah studies.

Johanan ben Zakkai

In 63 BC, the Romans conquered Judah and renamed it ______.

Judaea.

____ _____ was the most famous ruler of Judaea.

King Herod

The Romans forbade the Jews to visit Jerusalem and gave Judah the name of ________ referring to the Philistines.

Palestine

The Jews splintered into 3 different groups:

Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes

___________, teachers of the Torah, became important leaders.

Rabbis

Jews hated _____ rule.

Roman

After Herod died, the Romans replaced Jewish kings with _____ _________.

Roman officials.

The Jews revolted again but the ______________ stopped it.

Romans

The ____________ regained control 4 years later.

Romans

The _________ were concerned with how the Torah applied to priests and didn't agree with many of the Pharisees' teachings.

Sadducees

Rabbis combined the teachings in a book called the ______, which is an important record of Jewish law.

Talmud

Rabbis wanted to pass on the teachings of the _____.

Torah

The Romans destroyed the temple in Jerusalem and the remains are known as the _______ ____.

Wailing Wall

Others, known as _______ wanted to fight the Romans.

Zealots

The Pharisees were supported by the ______ ______.

common people.

King Herod was known for his

cruelty.

Many waited for the _______, a deliverer from God.

messiah

For 2,000 years, most Jews lived outside Palestine and faced ____________.

persecution

Under Roman rule, Jews were divided and __________.

rebellious.