Episode 76 Quiz

Welcome to the quiz for Episode 76: Judea Under Herod. See what you remember about the life and times of this infamous king by clicking “START” below!

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Herod’s home country, to the south of the Dead Sea, was called:

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Herod’s father Antipater helped this Roman in a war in Alexandria.

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The land of Herod’s mother, to the east of the Dead Sea, was called:

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Herod’s eldest son, named after Herod’s father, was called:

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This Hasmonean Queen ruled from 76-67 BCE, being the only woman to reign over Judea.

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This Roman bears the most immediate responsibility for the First Jewish-Roman War of 66-73 CE.

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This Hasmonean King, on the throne briefly from 67-66 BCE, volunteered to give the throne up so that his brother could rule, and was a longtime associate of the Herodian clan.

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This populist sect of ancient Judea believed in overlaying interpretations and new laws on top of the ones written in the Torah.

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Later in his life, when he was terrified of scandals unfolding in his family, Herod turned to this person for help:

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The year that Herod died, and thus, roughly speaking, the year that the Book of Matthew tells us Jesus was born:

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Herod built this technologically state-of-the art port city on the coast of modern day Israel:

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This wealthy sect of ancient Israel were assimilationists in terms of Greco-Roman culture, although unlike their major competitor group, they believed in leaving the Torah alone and not overlaying new laws and interpretations on top of it.

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This Roman wandered into Judea in 63 BCE after annexing the province of Syria, finding himself in the middle of a civil war.

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This structure was built ex manubis, or with the spoils of the first Jewish-Roman War of 66-73 CE.

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This Hasmonean noble, at the beginning of the 30s BCE, allied with Parthia in a bid to get Rome and the Herodians out of Judea.

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