Deck 9: Judaism

Question 1

The most important event in the history of the Judaism is

A) the Exodus.
B) Purim.
C) Yom Kippur.
D) the Diaspora.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

About 30 percent of the Babylonian Talmud is a tale or narrative about the Jewish people and their history called

A) the Mishna.
B) Gemara.
C) the Torah.
D) Haggadah.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

A synagogue can exist wherever there is a copy of the Scripture and

A) a group of ten adult Jewish males.
B) a rabbi.
C) a consecrated building.
D) an altar.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The most important role of these individuals in the ancient Israelite religion was to point out infractions of the law and plead for a return to justice.

A) messiahs
B) prophets
C) rabbis
D) priests

Question 5

The scattering of the Jewish people all over the world in the years after the Assyrian destruction of Israel is called the

A) exile.
B) Diaspora.
C) Exodus.
D) great migration.

Question 6

According to the Hebrew Bible, after a series of disastrous dealings with humanity, God choose to communicate exclusively with

A) Adam and Eve.
B) the descendants of Abraham and Sarah.
C) the kings of Israel.
D) Moses.

Question 7

After the return from Babylon to Jerusalem, this priest probably began the process of canonizing books as the word of God.

A) Mordechai
B) Herod
C) Ezra
D) Hezekiah

Question 8

Synagogue is the Greek word for

A) church.
B) shrine.
C) assembly.
D) temple.

Question 9

The Talmud is

A) a book about the prophets in the Hebrew Scriptures.
B) a book of mystical Judaic beliefs and prayers of the Middle Ages.
C) a combination of Gemara and the Mishnah.
D) a combination of the Torah and the Kabbalah.

Question 10

The first temple was destroyed in 586 B.C.E. when

A) the Jews rebelled against God, and God lashed out in anger against them.
B) the Jews lost a war to the Assyrian Empire.
C) the Romans invaded and besieged Jerusalem.
D) the Babylonians invaded and carried the Jews off into the exile.

Question 11

In the years following the death of Muhammad, Muslims treated Jews and Christians better than they did other non-Muslims under their control because

A) they were part of the Abrahamic faiths.
B) of the similarities in their respect for the prophets of Israel.
C) these two faith traditions were kind and charitable to the young Muhammad
D) their faith was God-given.

Question 12

In the worship practices of the ancient Israelites, the custom of keeping the Sabbath is attached to

A) the commands given to Moses.
B) the covenant made with God.
C) the days of creation.
D) the escape from the bonds of slavery.

Question 13

This German philosopher and poet encouraged German Jews to enter the modern world.

A) Handel
B) Mendelssohn
C) Shabbatai Zevi
D) Lessing

Question 14

The Ten Commandments, which are basic to Jewish life, were given to

A) Jeremiah at Passover.
B) Moses on Mt. Sinai.
C) Solomon at Purim
D) Isaiah at Sukkot.

Question 15

In 922 B.C.E., a rebellion split the nation of Israel into two nations. Which one survived?

A) Judah
B) Israel
C) Jerusalem
D) Palestine

Question 16

Because they followed their flocks from place to place, ancient Israelites can be characterized as

A) nomads.
B) gypsies.
C) sherpas.
D) travelers.

Question 17

Which book in the Hebrew Bible offers elaborate codes of law that regulate every area of life?

A) Leviticus
B) Ezekiel
C) Isaiah
D) Proverbs

Question 18

This person is the greatest figure in Spanish Judaism; he was a philosopher, a Talmudist, and a physician.

A) Samuel Ibn Nagdela
B) Moses ben Maimon
C) Moses Ibn Gikatella
D) Moses ben Nachman

Question 19

Adherents of this form of Judaism prefer the vernacular in their worship, seek to update and modernize Judaism, and ordain women as rabbis.

A) Conservative
B) Orthodox
C) Hasidic
D) Reform

Question 20

This was placed in Solomon's temple and remained there until the Babylonians destroyed the temple.

A) the Torah
B) the Ark of the Covenant
C) King Josiah's Scrolls of the Law
D) the tablet containing the Ten Commandments

Question 21

Discuss the development of the Talmud. Explain its basic contents and the controversies about its place in Judaism.

Question 22

Discuss the Diaspora and the impact it had on the development of Judaism.

Question 23

Discuss Hasidism, Reform Judaism, Orthodox Judaism, and Conservative Judaism as rival responses to Judaism in modernity.

Question 24

This movement resulted when Theodor Herzl and others called for a Jewish state because they believed that until the Jews had a land of their own, they would never receive fair treatment.

A) Zionism
B) Hasidism
C) Orthodox Judaism
D) Colonialism

Question 25

This movement, founded by the followers of Baal Shem Tov in the eighteenth century, still exists today.

A) Orthodox Judaism
B) Reform Judaism
C) Hasidism
D) Conservative Judaism

Question 26

Discuss the Exodus and its relevance to Judaism as well as how it is characterized in the Hebrew Bible.

Question 27

This is the most important and distinctive of all Jewish holidays and is ushered in with the Kiddush.

A) Pesach
B) Shavuot
C) Shabbat
D) Passover

Question 28

The peace treaty between Palestine and this country as well as the establishment of the Palestinian Authority on the West Bank and Gaza Strip was the first step in resolving the displacement of refugees.

A) Lebanon
B) Israel
C) Iran
D) Iraq

Question 29

When the criminal enormity of the Holocaust was made public during the Nuremberg trials, it was one of the primary causes of

A) increased immigration to the United States.
B) the rebuilding of the synagogues throughout Europe.
C) the development of Israel as a nation.
D) restitution and restoration for the victims and their families.

Question 30

A number of explanations for the Nazi Holocaust have been suggested. What are they? What were both the immediate and long-lasting results of this event?

Question 31

What was true of the Jewish people by the end of the fifteenth century?

A) They were located predominantly in Spain.
B) They were officially expelled or made to feel unwelcome in nearly every European nation.
C) They lived largely in eastern Europe..
D) They were most unwelcome in the Muslim states of the Ottoman Empire.

Question 32

Founded by Mordecai M. Kaplan, this movement grew out of Conservative Judaism.

A) Hasidism
B) Reform Judaism
C) Reconstructionist Judaism
D) Orthodox Judaism

Question 33

Explain the value of the synagogue to Jews of the Diaspora.