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ANCIENT ISRAEL

Across
The_______ were more influential among the priests and the rulers of Judea than the Pharisees were.
They were prosperous traders, craftsmen, and businessmen
Leader of the Jewish revolt against the Seleucids in the second century BC.
First king of Israel.
A name given to Greeks and other people who are not Jews.
The dispersion of the Israelites is called the _____.
A Jew who was chosen to be queen by King Xerxes (Ahasuerus) of Persia and whom God used to save the Israelites in Babylon from destruction.
The first five books of the Old Testament; the Pentateuch
In the ___________ Covenant, God promised that David would have a great name.
Down
For more than three hundred years, there was a pattern of _________ and punishment
Greek translation of the Old Testament.
The yearly Jewish celebration of the rededication of the temple after the victory over the Seleucids
The tribes of the Southern Kingdom took the name ___________.
The _______were Jews who continued to stress purity of life and obedi- ence to the Torah.
The descendants of Judas’s brother _______established a dynasty that did not last long.