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REL 134 Week 2 Knowledge Check
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.
Concept: HISTORY OF JUDAISM
| Mastery | 100% | Questions | · 4 · 5 |
Materials on the concept
- The World of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs
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.
Concept: HEBREW SCRIPTURES
| Mastery | 100% | Questions | · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 |
Materials on the concept
- In the Beginning: Stories of Origins
- Moses and the Law
- The Hebrew Bible
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.
Concept: MAJOR SECTS OF JUDAISM
| Mastery | 100% | Questions | · 10 |
Materials on the concept
- Observance-Based Divisions
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.