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Across 3. Group of priests and high priests who were associated with the Temple. They followed a strict adherence to the letter of the law, particularly in regards to the Temple. They collaborated with the Romans to maintain Temple power. 4. a large city only an hour’s walk from Nazareth 5. the emergence of this coincided with the so-called end of prophecy after the Babylonian exile 6. Herod ___ ruled Galilee during Jesus’ life 10. ___ Period is the time between the writing of the Old Testament and the writing of the new 12. the language Jesus used in his daily life 16. originally the Jewish festival 50 days following Passover that celebrates the Sinai covenant 17. the language in which the Jewish Scriptures were written 18. ___ Sea Scrolls: ancient scrolls containing the oldest known manuscripts of the books of the Old Testament in Hebrew 19. Yohanan (Jonathan) ben ___ was a rabbi who, by playing dead, escaped from Jerusalem when held by the Zealots.

Down 1. The process of religious instruction and formation in the major elements of the Catholic faith 2. ___ theology (or eschatology) is characterized by an anticipation of God’s decisive act in human history to bring a destruction of evil and the vindication of the righteous 7. Places for Jews to gather, usually on the Sabbath, pray and study Torah 8. Supporters of Herod who were willing to obey the Romans if it meant keeping the peace 9. 71 member law making body in the time to Jesus 11. the center of Jesus’ ministry 13. The official list of the inspired books of the Bible 14. A term for non-Jews in the time to Jesus 15. The core teaching that Jesus lived, died and rose.