Pharisees
very well respected political and religious
Sadducees
very political and very wealthy
Essenes
extremely religious and withdrew from society
Scribes
writers and interpreters of the law
Zealots
revolutionaries that wanted to fight the Romans for freedom
Galilee
poor second class citizens
Samaria
hated, different religious practices
Judea
home to the mainline Jew center of politics and religion
Idumea
forced to accept Judaism
Herod the Great
cruel Jewish king of Judea, ordered the "slaughter of the innocents".
Alexander the Great
Greek emperor who controlled Palestine
Pontius Pilate
5th procurator of Judea
Herod Antipas
Son of Herod the Great...responsible for beheading of John the Baptist