Bible crossword puzzle: The world of the New Testament
Based on material in chapter 18, Discovering the Bible by Alex Varughese
Challenge: Can you solve this puzzle even if you do not have the book by
Varughese?
"I found this fun, and I learned while doing it." -- Joshua H., Nazarene Bible College
student
ACROSS
- 2 A Jewish religious movement which built a community at Qumran and wound up
hiding their scrolls in jars in nearby caves during a Roman invasion
- 6 Religious institution established during the Babylonian Exile which became the
center of the study and teaching of the Torah
- 9 When Paul said in Galatians 4:4 that the coming of Jesus into the world took
place
- 10 A Jewish religious group which required strict adherence to both written and
oral Law, including the interpretations handed down by generations of great rabbis; they believed
in the coming of the Messiah and the resurrection of the dead
- 11 Center of Jewish sacrificial worship destroyed by the Romans in A.D. 70
DOWN
- 1 A fanatical revolutionary political movement that opposed the foreign rule of
Judea by the Romans
- 3 These descendants of Assyrian colonists and Israelites were viewed by most Jews
as a mixed and defiled people who did not belong to their nation
- 4 The spreading of Greek language and culture
- 5 A king of Judea who was a skillful and cunning diplomat, a military strategist and
a ruthless and murderous ruler (he was in power when Jesus was born)
- 6The Jewish supreme court which handled all religious violations and breaking of
the rules of the Torah
- 7A Jewish religious group which considered the Books of Moses as their central
authority; they promoted the Temple as necessary for the existence of Judaism while also
rejecting concepts such as resurrection, angels, demons and future reward
- 8 Festival of Lights which celebrates the cleansing and re-dedication of the
Jerusalem Temple at the end of the Maccabean war (during the period between the Old and New
Testaments)
Puzzle made at www.varietygames.com/CW
This crossword puzzle was created for use in the course Introduction to Biblical Literature.
The words and clues come from the textbook Discovering the Bible: Story and Faith of the
Biblical Communities edited by Alex Varughese and published by Beacon Hill Press of
Kansas City, now called The Foundry.
-- Howard Culbertson,
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