Matching. Place the letter indicating the most appropriateresponse next to the number of the question.

           A.Peasants                        B.Zealots                  C. Pharisees

           D.Sadducees                     E.Essenes                 F. All (A, B, C, D, and E)

_   _ 1. They were rabbis who taught prayer and studyin synagogues as an alternative to sacrificial methods for honoringthe God of Judaism.

_   _ 2. They were anapocalyptic sect who expected and prepared for a cosmic battlebetween the forces of dark and light and left behind their ownliterature about their own beliefs and practices.

_   _ 3. The first CenturyJewish historian Josephus claimed that they were responsible forthe Romans burning the second Judean temple down.

_   _ 4. The oldest copies of the Hebrew Bible writtenin Hebrew that we know of were preserved and hidden in some cavesaround Qumran by them.

_   _ 5. This Jewish sectwas most closely connected to the second temple in Jerusalem andits priesthood, beginning with the Hasmoneans and continuingthrough the fall of the temple in the Roman Period.

_   _ 6. The historicalJesus directed his earthly mission primarily toward them.