Chapter 4 Daily Life in Jesus’ Time: Culture and Religion
1. The land of Jesus is _______miles from north to south.
2. The land of Jesus is _____________miles from east to
west.
3. Give other names for the land of Israel
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
4. How did Palestine get its name?
5. How long would it take to walk from Nazareth to
Jerusalem?
6. Give an average temperature of Israel___________
7. Give an average high and low temperature for Israel. High _____ Low_____
8. Does Israel ever get snow?
9. Give an average temperature around the Dead Sea
10. Give two other names for the Sea or Lake of
Galilee
11. Name two important events that occurred at the Jordan
River
1.
2.
12. What was the essential food of Jesus’ day?
13. To eat bread meant to have a _________
_______________
14. To break bread was a sign of
15. Meals were eaten in the ________ _________ and at
_____________times.
16 At formal meals people ate in a ______________position.
17. The people of Jesus’ day ate with their
18. People’s _____________were the centers around which
their entire lives revolved.
19. Describe a typical lower class house
20. Where did the people keep their animals?
21. Of what materials were the houses made?
1. average
2. rich
22. What was the floor made of?
23. What was the roof made of?
24. What is wattling?
25. What purpose did the roof serve?
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2.
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4.
26. What did the houses of the rich have?
27. What did every village have?
28. On what did people sleep?
29. What was considered to be one of their most valuable
possessions?
30. What served as a pillow?
31. Name some occupations of the Jewish people of Jesus’
day
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2.
3.
32. Name some trades practiced in Jesus’ day
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2.
3.
33. What was recognized as the essential basis of Jewish
society?
34. What was recognized as a true religious community?
35. What is polygamy?
36. What is monogamy?
37. At what age did men usually marry?
38. At what age did women normally marry?
39. How did couples meet and eventually marry?
40. Name the period of time that preceded marriage
41. How long was the betrothal period?
42. What punishment was given a girl found guilty of
adultry during her betrothal period?
43. Was the punishment for adultry the same for men and
women? Explain
44. Where did Jesus perform his first miracle?
45. What did wives call their husbands?
46. How could a Jewish father punish a child who disobeyed?
47. What were women and children considered?
48. Give examples of how women were considered men’s
inferiors
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2.
3.
49. What was significant about the testimony of women In a
court of law?
50. What rights did a Jewish woman have?
51. What were children recognized as?
52. Why were girls considered less of a blessing than boys?
53. At what age were children recognized as adults with
adult responsibilities?
54. What was missing in the social classes in the world of
Jesus?
55. Why was a Hebrew slave worth less than a pagan slave?
56. What was Jerusalem recognized as?
57. What political leader was responsible for completing
the rebuilding of the Temple?
58. What happened to the Temple?
59. What part of the Temple remains even today?
60. Name the bronze gate to the Temple that was so large
it took 20 men just to open it.
61. What took place in the Temple?
62. Name the religious, political, and judicial body of
the Jews
63. What became the central places of worship after the
Temple was destroyed in 70CE?
64. What were kept in the synagogue?
65. When was the Shema prayer recited?
66. Write the Shema prayer
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