REL 134 Week 2 Knowledge Check (2019 New)

1.

The Jewish view of God is best expressed as

God is an impersonal force.

God is creator and judge.

God is the pattern of nature.

God created the world but does not interfere in it.

2.

The Jewish Day of Atonement, the most sacred day of the Jewish year, is

Rosh Hashanah.

Hanukkah.

Passover.

Yom Kippur.

3.

The Jewish Sabbath is kept from

sunset Friday to sunset Saturday.

sunrise Saturday to sunrise Sunday.

sunrise Saturday to sundown Sunday.

sunrise Sunday to sunrise Monday.

4.

Judaism traces itself back to what legendary patriarch who is written about in the book of Genesis?

Moses

David

Abraham

Nehemiah

5.

“Covenant” means

restoration.

overthrow.

vision.

contract.

6.

The biblical book that describes the origins of the human race is

Proverbs.

Genesis.

Isaiah.

Psalms.

7.

The three categories of the Hebrew Bible are

Torah, Prophets, and Proverbs.

Psalms, Chronicles, and Proverbs.

History, Prophets, and Psalms.

Torah, Prophets, and Writings.

8.

According to the Book of Exodus, what disaster was the last to strike the Egyptians?

plague of frogs

hail

darkness

death of firstborn male children

9.

Another name for the Torah is

Nevi’im.

Tanakh.

Pentateuch.

Ketuvim.

10.

Contemporary Judaism has split into four parts. The part which encourages non-literal, individual interpretation of traditional beliefs is called

Reform Judaism.

Reconstructionist Judaism.

Orthodox Judaism.

Conservative Judaism.