| A | B |
|---|
| adhered to strict observance of the Sabbath rest, purity rituals, tithing, and food restrictions based on the Hebrew Scriptures and on later traditions. | Pharisees |
| smaller "elite" group, but even more influential than the Pharisees; they followed the laws of the Hebrew Bible (the Torah), but rejected newer traditions. They did not believe in the resurrection of the dead. | Sadducees |
| smaller group or "sect" that lived a communal "monastic" lifestyle at Qumram (near the Dead Sea) | Essenes |
| supported the policies and government of the Herodian family, especially during the time of Herod Antipas, | Herodians |
| one of several different "revolutionary" groups | Zealots |
| members of the tribe of Levi who were responsible for the temple and its sacrifices | High Priest; Chief Priest, Priests |
| men specially trained in writing, and thus influential as interpreters and teachers of the Law, and agents of the rulers. | Scribes |
| the "older men" of a community who formed the ruling elite and were often members of official "councils". | Elders |
| considered themselves followers of John the Baptist; some of them became Christians, but others maintained that John was earlier and more important than Jesu Essenes High Priest; Chief Priest, Priests Disciples of John the Baptist Elders | Disciples of John the Baptist |
| Disdained by the Jews, these were descendants of the ten Northern Tribes | Samaritans |
| a general term referring to any and all people who are not Jews | Gentiles |
| Jesus encountered a woman at the well as well as basing his story on who is our neighbor on the action of a man from this location. | Samaritans |
| Christ’s work of redemption accomplished principally by his Passion, death, and Resurrection, whereby “dying he destroyed our death, rising he restored our life” | Paschal Mystery |
| "The Word became flesh". The fact that the Son of God assumed a human nature in order to accomplish our salvation | Incarnation |
| It comes from a Greek term meaning “public work or work done on behalf of the people. The worship of God as a community. | Liturgy |
| "Seen with the same eye" "to see together" | Synoptic |
| Bonus: to be sent | Apostles |
| in the New Testament, means more than just “student” or “learner.”, | disciple |
| Aramaic name for Peter | Cephas (Kephas) |
| Apostle who was a Tax Collector | Matthew |
