Chapter 8 – Judaism2 – Flashcards
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Judaism traces itself back to what legendary patriarch who is written about in the book of Genesis?
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Abraham
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The Talmud is
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a long work of commentary based on biblical principles.
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The Jewish Day of Atonement, the most sacred day of the Jewish year, is
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Yom Kippur.
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Contemporary Judaism has split into four parts. The most liberal is called
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Reconstructionist Judaism.
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The general Jewish attitude toward physical matter and bodily pleasure has generally been that
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both matter and the body are innately good.
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When the Jewish boy turns thirteen, he is considered an adult in the religious community. This ceremony takes its name from his new status.
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Bar Mitzvah
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Which division of modern Judaism stresses strict beliefs and careful keeping of dietary laws?
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Orthodox
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Which Jewish festival recalls the event related in the Book of Exodus about liberation of the Hebrews from oppression in Egypt?
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Passover (Pesach)
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Which book is part of the Torah or Pentateuch?
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Leviticus
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The Reform movement that began to spread in the nineteenth century attempted to
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modernize Judaism.
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The three categories of the Hebrew Bible are
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Torah, Prophets, and Writings.
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The biblical book that describes the origins of the human race is
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Genesis
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The Sadducees were
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an aristocratic, priestly party centered in Jerusalem.
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The Jewish Sabbath is kept from
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sunset Friday to sunset Saturday.
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The biblical book of song lyrics sung in worship at the Second Temple in Jerusalem is
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Psalms
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Jewish dietary laws forbid eating
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pork.
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The Jewish New Year occurs at what time of year?
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autumn
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The Passover occurs at what time of year?
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spring
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On what feast are Jewish children given presents for eight days?
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Hanukkah
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The Bible says that God spoke to Moses
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on Mount Sinai.
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The day of Rejoicing in the Torah comes at the end of what festival?
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Sukkot
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The Southern Kingdom was destroyed in 586 b.c.e. by
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Babylonia.
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Zionism is
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a movement that urges Jews to live in Israel.
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Sephardic Jews have lived primarily in
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the Mediterranean region.
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The language of Sephardic Jews has been
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Ladino
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The Yiddish language, though written in Hebrew characters, is a type of
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German
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The first two kings of the Israelite Kingdom were
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Saul and David.
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A dietary law kept by traditionalist Jews is that what items may not be eaten at the same meal?
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meat and dairy products
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Traditionalists sometimes interpret the command not to work on the Sabbath as including no
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use of the telephone.
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Another name for the Torah is
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Pentateuch
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The name "Eve" means
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life
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Adam is said to have lived to be how old?
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930
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"Canaan" refers to
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an early name for the region of Israel.
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The Hebrew Bible sees history as
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signs of divine activity.
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"Covenant" means
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contract
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The Hebrew ancestor who, according to the Bible, first settled in Egypt was
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Joseph
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The moral conscience of the Hebrew people was the
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prophets
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According to the Book of Exodus, what disaster was the last to strike the Egyptians?
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death of firstborn male children
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The Jewish view of God is best expressed as
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God makes moral demands.
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The Torah is
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the first five books of the Bible (Pentateuch)
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The destruction of the Second Temple changed the nature of the Hebrew religion in that afterward
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the Jewish religion began to focus on the written word.
