| A | B |
|---|
| Alexander the Great | Let Jews stay in Judah |
| Diaspora | Jews scattered through Mediterranean |
| Jews still practicing Judaism | Spread Jewish Culture |
| Septuagint | Greek Old Testament |
| Judas Maccabeus | Priest rebelled against worshipping Greek gods |
| Maccabees | Army of Judas Maccabeus |
| Maccabees | Cleansed the Temple of Greek gods |
| Hannukah | Celebrates Maccabees cleansing the Temple |
| Pharisees | Don't Fight |
| Pharisees | Follow Teachings of the Torah |
| Saduccees | Cooperation with Romans |
| Sadduccees | Focused only on written laws |
| Pharisees | Oral & Written laws important |
| Essenes | Pharisees broke from temple & living in Qumran |
| Essenes | Living strictly by the Torah |
| Zealots | Killing of Romans |
| AD 66 | Jews retook Jerusalem |
| AD 70 | Emperor Titus decimates Jerusalem |
| AD 132 | Bar Kochba starts rebellion |
| Bar Kochba | Dies after 3 years of rebellion |
| Rabbis | Gained important as religious & education, & |
| Ben Zaccai | Started schools to teach basics of the Torah |
| Rabbis | Preserved basic ideas of Judaism |
