Title: Chapter 05: Fill-in-the-blank/Short Answer Questions: Religious Beliefs and Practices in Antiquity
Course: Engaging the Christian Scriptures Instructor's Manual

Q: What is “the Diaspora”?
- Jews who lived outside Palestine (Jews who lived outside Palestine)

Q: What is the Mishnah?
- a collection of what are purportedly the oral teachings of Moses that were handed down along with the written Scriptures (a collection of what are purportedly the oral teachings of Moses that were handed down along with the written Scriptures)

Q: List three of the books included in the Apocrypha.
- 1, 2, 3 Maccabees, 1, 2 Esdras, Judith, Tobit, Susanna, Bel and the Dragon, Additions to Esther, Wisdom of Solomon, Wisdom of Ben Sira (1, 2, 3 Maccabees, 1, 2 Esdras, Judith, Tobit, Susanna, Bel and the Dragon, Additions to Esther, Wisdom of Solomon, Wisdom of Ben Sira)

Q: What fourth century CE event is largely responsible for changing the status of Christianity within the Roman Empire?
- Emperor Constantine’s self-identification as a Christian in 313 CE, at which point Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire (Emperor Constantine’s self-identification as a Christian in 313 CE, at which point Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire)