Across
- 2. The name given to outstanding Jewish laymen
- 5. The holiest feast of the year commemorating the liberation of the Israelites from Egypt
- 7. Head of the priestly caste, and was seen and acted as more than just a spiritual leader
- 9. Known as “The Pious Ones” and were the religious rivals of the Sadducees
- 10. The Great ____________ was the official governing body of the Jewish people, and he was recognized as such by the Romans
- 11. The title that means "master" or "teacher" and many of these people taught in the synagogues
- 12. The Jewish version of a church aka a central place of worship
- 13. Were part of the Jewish upper class, were liberal in politics, but conservative in religion, and had a lot of political power
- 14. The Pentateuch, also known as the _______,are the first five books in the Bible and are the Hebrew Scriptures
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- 1. The _________believed that Jewish Independence could only be attained through violence and military overthrow of the Romans
- 3. also known as Feast of Weeks
- 4. Day of Atonement
- 6. Jewish New Year
- 8. Tax collectors of the Jewish people who were hired by the Romans to take whatever ‘extra money’ they wanted were also called this
- 12. Jewish weekly day of rest and prayer