Exam 16: Jewish Apocalyptic Literature and the Apocrypha

Apocalyptic literature apparently developed out of pre-exilic prophetic literature.

The name of the general killed in the book of Judith is

Maccabees takes place during the reign of

Most scholars believe that Daniel is a prophetic work.

How did the political events of the Hellenistic period affect the political climate of Judea? How did Hellenistic rule drastically change the religious life of Judea?

Third Maccabees gives another account of the Maccabean revolt.

God is never mentioned in the Septuagintal additions to Esther.

All of the following are thrown into the fiery furnace in the book of Daniel except

The first Jewish book to mention the hope of an individual resurrection from the dead is probably

Which of the following books are Deuterocanonical in the Greek Orthodox and Russian Orthodox Bibles but not the Roman Catholic version?

Maccabees discusses the origins of the Jewish holiday of

To Sirach, the most important profession was that of a(n)

All apocalyptic passages in the Hebrew Bible occur in the prophets and the book of

The book of Baruch ends with a(n)

Sirach was written in approximately ____________ BC.E.

What are the typical features of an apocalypse and how do they apply to the book of Daniel?

The book of Tobieatures a fish with magical properties.

Sirach is also called Ecclesiasticus and Ben Sira.

Maccabees is actually an abridgement of a much longer work.

Sirach was originally composed in Hebrew and translated into Greek by the original author's grandson.