Title: Chapter 05: Fill-in-the-blank/Short Answer Questions: Sociohistorical Developments
Course: Engaging the Christian Scriptures Instructor's Manual

Q: After over a century of competition for control after the death of Alexander the Great, which family became the established overlords of Palestine in 198 BCE?
- the Seleucids (the Seleucids)

Q: Briefly describe how Antiochus IV differed from Alexander the Great in his approach to spreading Hellenism.
- Alexander hoped that non-Greeks would eventually adopt Hellenistic culture on their own because they recognized its superiority, but Antiochus forced Hellenism upon his subjects and outlawed Jewish religious practices (Alexander hoped that non-Greeks would eventually adopt Hellenistic culture on their own because they recognized its superiority, but Antiochus forced Hellenism upon his subjects and outlawed Jewish religious practices)

Q: What does the name “Septuagint” mean and what is the legend behind the name?
- “seventy”; according to legend, seventy or seventy-two translators translated the Pentateuch without error into Greek over a period of seventy days at the request of King Ptolemy II (“seventy”; according to legend, seventy or seventy-two translators translated the Pentateuch without error into Greek over a period of seventy days at the request of King Ptolemy II)

Q: What are two ways that the loss of the Jerusalem temple impacted the practice of Judaism?
- animal sacrifices ceased; discussions about the Hebrew Scriptures and involvement in Jewish synagogues took on greater importance (animal sacrifices ceased; discussions about the Hebrew Scriptures and involvement in Jewish synagogues took on greater importance)

Q: What result on the population of Jerusalem did Rome’s drastic response to the Bar Kokhba revolt have?
- Rome banned all Jews from living in Judea, and Jerusalem would not have a significant Jewish population again until the modern era (Rome banned all Jews from living in Judea, and Jerusalem would not have a significant Jewish population again until the modern era)