- A small box containing short passages from the Torah and fastened to the doorpost is called a
- Mezuzah
- The Jewish Day of Atonement, the most sacred day of the Jewish year, is
- Yom Kippur
- ___ is the legendary patriarch (Book of Genesis) that the Israelites traced their lineage.
- Abraham
- The prophet who challenged King Ahaz was
- Isaiah
- A liberal rabbi of the first century c.e. was Rabbi
- Hillel
- Rabbinic debates about how the Torah should be applied are found in a 3rd century c.e. document called the
- Mishnah
- Solomon Schechter was a leader of ___ Judaism
- Conservative
- The Jewish scriptures are written in Hebrew and in
- Aramaic
- ___ is a movement that urges Jews to live in Israel.
- Zionism
- It is the __ __ that explains the commands of the written Torah.
- Oral Torah
- The Jewish movement of the 19th century that sought to modernize Judaism was the __ Movement
- Reform
- The celebration of love between men and women is found in the __ __ __
- Song of Songs
- The ___ were pious Jews of the first century c.e., who were intent on living purified lives apart from the present world.
- Essenes
- The Festival of Lights is associated with the ___ revolt
- Maccabean
- In Judaism a revered teacher and now an ordained interpreter of the Torah is called a
- Rabbi
- Rabbinic debates about how the Torah should be applied are found in a 3rd century c.e. document called the
- Mishnah
- ___ are two small wooden boxes that contain tiny scrolls and is worn by leather straps.
- Tefillin
- Because Jews believe that they have been chosen and set apart from other peoples by God, only they can worship God.
- FALSE
- In 721 b.c.e. the northern tribes were conquered by the ___
- Assyrians
- ___ was the king who built the first temple of Jerusalem.
- Solomon
- The food laws of Judaism are called
- Kashruth
- The Hebrew prophet who defeated the Baal prophets was ___
- Elijah
- A document that was used in the formation of the Torah is called E because the author of authors of that document referred to the God of Israel as
- Elohim
- Emphasis on reason over revelation is called
- Modernism
- Solomon was the son of David and
- Bathsheba
- A sacred song used for divine worship is called a
- Psalm
- The most common term for Jewish Scriptures is the
- Bible
- In the Hebrew Bible, maturity emerges through
- Suffering
- The legal side of Judaism is called
- Halakhah
- The word ‘torah’ means divine ___ or guidance
- Instruction
- A male god of the Canaanites was
- Baal
- A famous Canaanite goddess was
- Asherah
- The only scriptures of Christianity prior to the second or third centuries c.e. was the
- Septuagint
- The books of Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings were probably completed during the Babylonian Exile
- With the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple, the priests were replaced by the
- Rabbis
- Babylonian rabbis compiled a guide to the Torah that included the Mishnah is called the Babylonian
- Talmud
- A Jewish leader in the Zionist movement was
- Theodor Herzl
- Passages from the Writings that are read at the time of the five minor festivals of Judaism are collective called the
- Megilloth
- The ten northern tribes (Northern Kingdom/Israel) were conqured in _______ b.c.e.
- 721
- Which of the following are not found in the Greek Version of the Jewish Bible
- 1 Enoch Assumption of Moses
- The bread that is eaten at Passover is called
- Matzah
- The ______ is dated between 1300 and 1200 b.c.e.
- Exodus
- One of the documents that were used to produced the Torah is called J because that document refers to the God of Israel as
- Yahweh
- ___ Judaism largedly adopted the historical-critical method.
- Reform
- Deuteronomy 6.4-9 is called the
- Shema
- A traditional commentary on scripture created by rabbis is called a
- Midrash
- Jewish tradition holds that the laws of the Torah were introduced to the Hebrews by
- Moses
- The Dutch Jewish philosopher who introduced the historical critical method to Judaism was
- Baruch Spinoza
- The Festival or Feast of Lights is also known as
- Hanukkah
- The ________ tradition developed from Latin roots and influenced northern Spain, France and Germany.
Ashkenazic
- Because he had murdered an Egyptian, Moses fled to
- Midian
- Which of the following belong to the Former Prophets
- Joshua
- 1 and 2 Kings
- The scholar who held that the Torah is a reliable historical document was
- Yehezkel Kaufmann
- The best known text of Kabbalah is the
- Zohar
- A wooden chest that contained the stone tablets was the
- Ark of the Covenant
- The books of Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings were probably completed during the
- Babylonian Exile
- Contemporary Judaism has divided into four movements, the most conservative is called _____ Judaism.
- Orthodox
- The first division of the Hebrew Bible is the
- Torah
- Passages from the Prophets that are read during worship services are called the
- Haftorah
- ___ taught that only in relationship with God can persons become fully human.
- Martin Buber
- The concept of “Messiah,” is a nonbiblical tradition in Judaism.
- True
- All Jews, throughout the entire history of Judaism, belived in resurrection from the dead.
- False
- According to Judaism, no one can atone for his or her sins, thus the need for the coming of the Messiah.
- False
- Traditionally Judaism has found numerous references and prophecies concerning the Messiah in the books of the prophets.
- False
- Which one of the following is not a characteristic of Covenant Nomism.
- Salvation through obedience to the Torah
- The traditional Jewish concept of resurrection holds that the righteous will be raised from the dead and will dwell in heaven.
- False
- One of these is not a characteristic of the Sadducees.
- Messiah
- Jewish and Christian translations of the books of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible are actually identical.
- False
- According to Biblical Judaisms, because it is impossible to obey all the laws of the Torah, God created rites of atonement.
- True
- Biblical Judaisms believed in the existence of one god, but also in the existence of other powerful beings.
- True
- One of these is not a characteristic of sectarian Judaisms.
- one must believe in the Messiah in order to be saved.
- Belief in the Kingdom of God was rejected by the Pharisees who also did not believe in the coming of the Messiah.
- False
- According to Judaism, only the Prophet Isaiah speaks of the coming of the Messiah (Isaiah 7:14).
- False
- Cyrus the Great is actually called a messiah in the Book of Isaiah
- True
- Judaism appeared for the first time at the end of the
- Babylonian Exile
- Originally the God of Christianity, Judaism and Islam, was originally only the god of the Israelites.
- True
- Matching
- Babyonian Exile : 586.587 b.c.e. – 538 b.c.e.
- Religion of the Israelites prior to the Babylonian Exile : Yahwehism
- The only book of the Bible that existed prior to the Exile : Deuteronomy
- First five books of the Bible : 428 b.c.e.
- Jerusalem Temple rebuilt : 515 b.c.e.
- Collection of the Books of the Prophets` : 190 b.c.e.
- Book of Daniel : 167 b.c.e.
- The Jews most closely associated with the synagogue were the Essenes.
- False
- Some Jews believed in the return of Moses, Elijah or Jeremiah rather than the Messiah to usher in the Kingdom of God.
- True
- Biblical Judaism(s) never looked like other religions of antiquity.
- False
- One of these is not a form of apocalyptic Judaism.
- Hasmoneans
- One of the peculiarities of Biblical Judaisms was that, unlike other religions and gods of antiquity, it had only one ________.
- Temple
- According to Judaism, a righteous person is one who has sinned but has sought God’s forgiveness.
- True
- The only known Jewish groups that believed in resurrection from the dead were the Pharisees and the followers of Jesus.
- True
- According to all forms of Judaism, one obeys the laws of the Torah in order to be saved.
- False
- Cyrus the Great is actually called a messiah in the Book of Isaiah
- Messiah
- Unlike other religions of antiquity, Biblical Judaism rejected animal sacrifices.
- False
- Judaism dates back to Moses.
- False
- The first five books of the Bible (Torah) appears for the first time around the year ______ b.c.e.
- 428
- Traditionally Judaism has found numerous references and prophecies concerning the Messiah in the books of the prophets.
- False
- Like Christianity, Judaism awaits the second coming of the Messiah.
- False
- Biblical Judaism, like Israelite religion, was henotheistic.
- False
- The Jerusalem temple was rebuilt in the year
- 515 b.c.e.
- Scholars refer to the basic foundation of all forms of Biblical Judaism as
- Covenantal nomism
- Because of Judaism’s belief in monotheism, it has sought converts and thus had a history of missionary work.
- False
- According to Biblical Judaisms, because it is impossible to obey all the laws of the Torah, God created rites of atonement.
- True
