RLGN 2, Final Day

Question 1

Conservative Judaism occupies the middle ground between Orthodox and Reform Judaism

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

The Mishnah is an ordered collection of biblical law and interpretations with stories of the rabbis (c. 100 BCE-220CE)

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

What is the Septuagint?

Accepted Answer

Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible

Question 4

The Mishnah and the Gemara are together called

Accepted Answer

Talmud

Question 5

Ashkenazic Jews are European Jews; so-called after the Hebrew term for Germany, "Ashkenaz"

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

What are Humanistic Jews know for?

Accepted Answer

rejecting the existence of God

Question 7

The Maccabean revolt symbolized

Accepted Answer

Jewish opposition to Hellenism as the true religion of Israel

Question 8

What is the Documentary Hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

Don't mess with us. It is not about video documentaries.

Question 9

What is halakhah?

Accepted Answer

Jewish law

Question 10

What is the Mishneh Torah?

Accepted Answer

twelfth-century code of law, written by Maimonides, sees essence of the Talmud as legal rulings

Question 11

Zohar is

Accepted Answer

13th century document, chief text of the Jewish Kabbalah, represents Jewish mysticism

Question 12

Historically, in several European countries, Jews were not allowed to come at night during Christian festivals.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Why is the year 587 BCE significant?

Accepted Answer

It was when the Bablylonian army destroyed the Jewish temple

Question 14

Which of the following Jewish movements believes that the Torah is from heaven?

Accepted Answer

Orthodox Judaism

Question 15

You cannot bring physical notes to the final exam

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

Jewish food laws are called kashrut

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

The tomb of Esther and Mordechai continues to be an important pilgrimage site for Persian Jews

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

What day is April 17?

Accepted Answer

Thursday

Question 19

When was the Second Temple destroyed?

Accepted Answer

70 CE

Question 20

The final exam is an open-book exam

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

You cannot bring electronic notes or devices to the final exam [unless you have approved accommodations]

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

The Maccabean revolt happened around

Accepted Answer

165 BCE

Question 23

"Gemara" is commentary on the Mishnah

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

The final exam is happening on April 17, 2025

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

Sephardic Jews are Jews whose ancestors were shepherds

Accepted Answer

False

Question 26

Spinoza denied

Accepted Answer

the existence of an immortal soul

Question 27

The word “Judaism” “first appears in Hebrew (as yahadut) only in the Middle Ages

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

Jewish food laws are called Torah

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

Paul, the person who wrote one-third of the New Testament in the Christian Bible, was Jewish

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

The Maccabean Jewish revolt succeeded in recovering Jerusalem using physical force and rededicating the Temple

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

Who is the figure associated with Reform Judaism?

Accepted Answer

Moses Mendelssohn

Question 32

Hasidism is a Jewish religious movement

Accepted Answer

characterized by popular traditions of ecstasy, that first arose in S. Poland and Lithuania, which emerged in the late 18th century

Question 33

The Dreyfus Affair happened in

Accepted Answer

France

Question 34

Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan (1881-1983) is often regarded as the founder of

Accepted Answer

Reconstructionist Judaism

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