Deck 8: Judaism

Question 1

God blessed Ishmael as ancestor to the peoples of ____, whose faith developed into ____.

A) Arabia / Islam
B) Israel / Judaism
C) Jordan / Christianity
D) India / Zoroastrianism

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The first five books of the Hebrew Bible comprise the

A) Tanakh.
B) Kethuvim.
C) Nevi'im.
D) Torah.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

What is Solomon honored for in Jewish history?

A) He made Jerusalem a wealthy city.
B) He formed alliances and trade partnerships.
C) He wrote the Psalms.
D) He built the first temple in Jerusalem.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

"Hear O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone," is known as the

A) Torah.
B) Psalms.
C) Shema.
D) Song of Solomon.

Question 5

Which first century Jewish group sought forceful overthrow of the Romans?

A) Sadducees
B) Essenes
C) Zealots
D) Pharisees

Question 6

What alternative to temple worship was instituted so that exiled Jews could worship in a strange land (Babylon)?

A) animal sacrifice
B) congregations
C) ritual dance
D) reciting the Psalms

Question 7

In the Hebrew Bible, maturity emerges through

A) dedicated self effort.
B) God's grace.
C) suffering.
D) prayer.

Question 8

To which patriarch did God utter these words? "I will bless those who bless you And curse him that curses you; And all the families of the earth Shall bless themselves by you."

A) Abraham
B) Moses
C) Isaac
D) Jacob

Question 9

Which prophet spoke out against the inequalities among the economic classes of the Hebrews, and warned that God would use other nations to discipline their rebellion against His law?

A) Jeremiah
B) Zechariah
C) Amos
D) Hosea

Question 10

Torah was revealed by God to the patriarch

A) Abraham.
B) Moses.
C) Joseph.
D) Joshua.

Question 11

How does Hebrew wisdom literature parallel Greek philosophical writings?

A) They both rely on learning and reason.
B) They were only meant for men to read.
C) They show a strong faith in God.
D) They are actually totally opposite in meaning and purpose.

Question 12

A person who studied the Torah and commented on it was revered as a teacher or a

A) scribe.
B) rabbi.
C) prophet.
D) priest.

Question 13

God's rule of a people through a human leader is known as

A) democracy.
B) socialism.
C) monarchy.
D) theocracy.

Question 14

The "greatest of the Jewish philosophers" who combined reason and scholarship in philosophy with devotion and analysis of Torah was

A) Hillel.
B) Isaac Luria.
C) Moses de Leon.
D) Maimonides.

Question 15

Emphasis on reason over revelation is called

A) rationalism.
B) reconstructionism.
C) socialism.
D) modernism.

Question 16

The "conservative" or "traditional" interpretation regards the Hebrew Bible as

A) a record of human encounters with God.
B) a document from God that is without error.
C) words expressing human understandings of God's revelation.
D) nice reading on a rainy day.

Question 17

Orthodox Jews regard food laws as

A) always open to new findings in science.
B) God's requirements for his covenant people.
C) no longer binding in the twenty-first century.
D) not applicable to one outside Israel.

Question 18

Which Jewish holiday recalls the angel of death passing over the homes of the Hebrew slaves without harming them?

A) Shavuot
B) Yom Kippur
C) Passover
D) Rosh Hashana

Question 19

The summit of experience for the Hebrews under Moses was the receiving of

A) the Ten Commandments.
B) the Ark of the Covenant.
C) Torah.
D) food and water in the wilderness.

Question 20

What charge was Jesus of Nazareth found guilty of by the high priest of the Sanhedrin?

A) idolatry
B) adultery
C) theft
D) blasphemy

Question 21

All Bible scholars agree that God dictated the Torah as it is today directly to Moses.

Question 22

Canaanite worship included bowing to idols.

Question 23

Before their enslavement by the pharaoh, the Jews lived peacefully with the Egyptians.

Question 24

Which branch of Judaism asserts that diet, ceremonial purity and dress are no longer binding?

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

Question 25

The holiest day in the Jewish year is

A) Yom Kippur.
B) Rosh Hashana.
C) Passover.
D) Purim.

Question 26

What Jewish philosopher taught that only in relationship with God can persons become fully human?

A) Martin Buber
B) Moses Maimonides
C) Mordecai Kaplan
D) Solomon Schechter

Question 27

Preparation of meat by removing all blood is called koshering.

Question 28

All Jews agree that present-day Judaism is confined to beliefs and practices that Christians read in their "Old Testament."

Question 29

The ten days when Jews concentrate on prayer, contemplation, and self-searching is called

A) Yom Kippur.
B) Hanukkah.
C) Shavuot.
D) Days of Awe.

Question 30

The first president of the United States, George Washington, denied religious freedom to Jews.

Question 31

Christian churches and Allied governments fought heroically to save the European Jews during the Holocaust.

Question 32

Results of the Nuremberg trials show widespread cooperation of the European population with Hitler's "final solution" to the "Jewish problem" during the Holocaust.

Question 33

The first ancestors received God's revelations in Mesopotamia around 1800 B.C.E.

Question 34

Archeological evidence has been found that supports many of the accounts in the Torah and other books of the Tanakh.

Question 35

Judaism today is very much the same as the religion reported in the Hebrew Bible.

Question 36

A child born to a family wherein the mother is Jewish and the father is not Jewish must undergo ritual conversion.

Question 37

The goal in Jewish ethics is to

A) imitate the behavior of God.
B) follow God's commandments.
C) follow Torah and the Talmud.
D) avoid sin.

Question 38

There is evidence that Joseph abandoned his own God in favor of Egyptian deities.

Question 39

The prophet Micah stated that the nature of God and His relationship with Israel requires more than exact ceremonial observances.

Question 40

The great Jewish philosopher, Maimonides, supported himself as the court physician to a Muslim emperor.

Question 44

The teachings of Judaism emphasize a good life on earth more than the joys of heaven.

Question 45

In general, Judaism teaches acceptance of homosexuality.

Question 46

Jews believe that being "chosen and set apart" from other peoples brings suffering as well as blessings.

Question 48

Briefly describe the terms of the renewed covenant between God and the Hebrew people through Moses on Mt. Sinai.

Question 49

Identify and describe the two main books that were written to provide Jews with continued guidance in their daily lives after the last book of the Tanakh was certified by the rabbis.

Question 50

Identify and briefly describe each of the four branches of modern day Judaism.

Question 51

According to Jewish kosher laws, an animal that has died a natural death may be eaten.

Question 52

Describe the living conditions for Jews in medieval Spain. What was the cause of their expulsion from Spain, and in what significant location did many settle afterward?

Question 53

List a few of the historical circumstances that prompted the creation of Zionism, and what event in particular increased Jewish interest and support for this movement?

Question 54

Identify and describe at least half of the thirteen articles of faith posited by Maimonides.

Question 55

Describe the actions of Antiochus IV of Syria that eventually led to the Maccabean Revolt.

Question 56

What replaced temple worship during the Babylonian exile of the Jews? Describe how this new form of worship was conducted.

Question 57

Identify and briefly describe the two basic interpretations of the Hebrew Bible.

Question 58

The Jewish year is based on the solar calendar.

Question 59

Identify and describe each of the four Jewish groups active in Jerusalem during the time of the Romans.

Question 60

Describe the actions of David that won him a place as "a hero to his own age and a model of any deliverer of Israel."

Question 61

Reflect on Martin Buber's premise that humans must relate to one another as persons rather than as objects. What does he mean by this, and how would this "I-and-Thou" relationship help us to become "fully human"?

Question 62

What is a theodicy? Describe specifically why the postexilic Jewish leaders felt it necessary to issue a theodicy.

Question 63

What miracle is celebrated during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah?