Question 1

This Yiddish term for "covenant of circumcision," a formal name for circumcision and involves surgically removing the foreskin of the penis, is:

Accepted Answer

A) bris milah. 
B) bat mitzvah. 
C) Yom Kippur. 
D) Rosh Hashanah. 
A) bris milah. 
B) bat mitzvah. 
C) Yom Kippur. 
D) Rosh Hashanah.

Question 2

Jewish groups today have sharply differing views of eternal life, even differing on whether there is such a thing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The bar/bat mitzvah ceremony creates the beginning of the obligation to obey the Torah.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following is a part of the Jewish funeral ritual?

Accepted Answer

A) The body of the deceased is cremated and not buried. 
B) The body of the deceased is buried within forty-eight hours of death. 
C) The body of the deceased is left alone. 
D) The body of the deceased is embalmed soon after death. 
A) The body of the deceased is cremated and not buried. 
B) The body of the deceased is buried within forty-eight hours of death. 
C) The body of the deceased is left alone. 
D) The body of the deceased is embalmed soon after death.

Question 5

All forms of Judaism in the medieval and modern world are built on, or react to, the Talmud.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Those who read out loud from the Jewish Torah scrolls in the synagogue always use a _________ to follow their place in the text.

Accepted Answer

A) pair of cotton gloves 
B) a silver pointer 
C) a pencil 
D) a ribbon place marker 
A) pair of cotton gloves 
B) a silver pointer 
C) a pencil 
D) a ribbon place marker

Question 7

What is the modern organization promoting Jewish immigration into Palestine?

Accepted Answer

A) Hasidic Judaism 
B) Zionism 
C) Masorti 
D) Masorti Judaism 
A) Hasidic Judaism 
B) Zionism 
C) Masorti 
D) Masorti Judaism

Question 8

Identify a true statement about a bar mitzvah ceremony.

Accepted Answer

A) It is performed on the eighth day of a boy's life. 
B) It creates the beginning of the obligation to obey the Torah. 
C) It has been practiced since the inception of Judaism. 
D) It is a coming-of-age ceremony. 
A) It is performed on the eighth day of a boy's life. 
B) It creates the beginning of the obligation to obey the Torah. 
C) It has been practiced since the inception of Judaism. 
D) It is a coming-of-age ceremony.

Question 9

How does the Jewish community celebrate the Sabbath?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary.
One of the Ten Comman

Question 10

What are the common Jewish funeral rituals?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary.
In Jewish practices,

Question 11

The _________, a modern movement founded by Samson Raphael Hirsch, is the least liberal of the Jewish branches.

Accepted Answer

A) Reconstructionist movement 
B) Reform movement 
C) Orthodox movement 
D) Conservative movement 
A) Reconstructionist movement 
B) Reform movement 
C) Orthodox movement 
D) Conservative movement

Question 12

Discuss the views related to modern Jewish ethics.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary.
In the modern period,

Question 13

_________ is the system of Jewish mysticism emphasizing the immediate, personal, and emotional experience of God.

Accepted Answer

A) Halakhah 
B) Kabbalah 
C) Shema 
D) Shoah 
A) Halakhah 
B) Kabbalah 
C) Shema 
D) Shoah

Question 14

Which of the following defines Hasidism?

Accepted Answer

A) It is a lay movement of Torah teachers who later became religious leaders. 
B) It is a Jewish mystical movement that stresses joyful emotion, which arose in the 1700s. 
C) It is a separatist ultra-Torah-observant movement at the Qumran settlement on the Dead Sea. 
D) It is a Jewish movement that claimed the middle ground between Reform and Orthodoxy. 
A) It is a lay movement of Torah teachers who later became religious leaders. 
B) It is a Jewish mystical movement that stresses joyful emotion, which arose in the 1700s. 
C) It is a separatist ultra-Torah-observant movement at the Qumran settlement on the Dead Sea. 
D) It is a Jewish movement that claimed the middle ground between Reform and Orthodoxy.

Question 15

An important part of Jewish monotheism is a basic statement of faith from Deuteronomy 6 that begins "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is One"; the name for this statement is:

Accepted Answer

A) Kethuvim. 
B) Tanak. 
C) Shema. 
D) Septuagint. 
A) Kethuvim. 
B) Tanak. 
C) Shema. 
D) Septuagint.

Question 16

In the context of life after death, which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Judaism propagates the idea that all souls enter heaven. 
B) Christianity and Islam do not rely on the hope of heaven after death to motivate good conduct. 
C) The sacred texts of Christianity and Islam speak often about life after death; Jewish text, not so much. 
D) The Jewish Tanak speaks in detail about afterlife. 
A) Judaism propagates the idea that all souls enter heaven. 
B) Christianity and Islam do not rely on the hope of heaven after death to motivate good conduct. 
C) The sacred texts of Christianity and Islam speak often about life after death; Jewish text, not so much. 
D) The Jewish Tanak speaks in detail about afterlife.

Question 17

When the leaders of the southern kingdom of Israel came back from exile in Babylon in the 530s B.C.E., the name of their larger tribe became the name of the political area, and the people who lived there were called:

Accepted Answer

A) Protestants. 
B) Parsis. 
C) Judahites. 
D) Armenians . 
A) Protestants. 
B) Parsis. 
C) Judahites. 
D) Armenians .

Question 18

Which of the following statements is true of Judaism in Israel?

Accepted Answer

A) The dynamism that Judaism has in Israel is not found in the West. 
B) Orthodox Jews are not allowed to serve on religious councils in Israel. 
C) The Orthodox movement is the only branch of Judaism legally recognized in Israel. 
D) Only Non-Orthodox Jews may perform marriages and conversions in Israel. 
A) The dynamism that Judaism has in Israel is not found in the West. 
B) Orthodox Jews are not allowed to serve on religious councils in Israel. 
C) The Orthodox movement is the only branch of Judaism legally recognized in Israel. 
D) Only Non-Orthodox Jews may perform marriages and conversions in Israel.

Question 19

What term literally meaning "destruction" describes the Nazi genocide of Jews in World War II?

Accepted Answer

A) halakhah 
B) Shoah 
C) Shema 
D) Kabbalah 
A) halakhah 
B) Shoah 
C) Shema 
D) Kabbalah

Question 20

_________, meaning "traditionalist," is the name of the Conservative movement in Europe and Israel.

Accepted Answer

A) Hasidism 
B) The Pharisees 
C) Masorti 
D) The Essenes 
A) Hasidism 
B) The Pharisees 
C) Masorti 
D) The Essenes

This Yiddish term for "covenant of circumcision," a formal name for circumcision and involves surgically removing the foreskin of the penis, is:

Jewish groups today have sharply differing views of eternal life, even differing on whether there is such a thing.

The bar/bat mitzvah ceremony creates the beginning of the obligation to obey the Torah.

Which of the following is a part of the Jewish funeral ritual?

All forms of Judaism in the medieval and modern world are built on, or react to, the Talmud.

Those who read out loud from the Jewish Torah scrolls in the synagogue always use a _________ to follow their place in the text.

What is the modern organization promoting Jewish immigration into Palestine?

Identify a true statement about a bar mitzvah ceremony.

How does the Jewish community celebrate the Sabbath?

What are the common Jewish funeral rituals?

The _________, a modern movement founded by Samson Raphael Hirsch, is the least liberal of the Jewish branches.

Discuss the views related to modern Jewish ethics.

_________ is the system of Jewish mysticism emphasizing the immediate, personal, and emotional experience of God.

Which of the following defines Hasidism?

An important part of Jewish monotheism is a basic statement of faith from Deuteronomy 6 that begins "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is One"; the name for this statement is:

In the context of life after death, which of the following statements is true?

When the leaders of the southern kingdom of Israel came back from exile in Babylon in the 530s B.C.E., the name of their larger tribe became the name of the political area, and the people who lived there were called:

Which of the following statements is true of Judaism in Israel?

What term literally meaning "destruction" describes the Nazi genocide of Jews in World War II?

_________, meaning "traditionalist," is the name of the Conservative movement in Europe and Israel.

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Exam 10: Encountering Judaism: The Way of Gods People

This Yiddish term for "covenant of circumcision," a formal name for circumcision and involves surgically removing the foreskin of the penis, is:

Jewish groups today have sharply differing views of eternal life, even differing on whether there is such a thing.

The bar/bat mitzvah ceremony creates the beginning of the obligation to obey the Torah.

Which of the following is a part of the Jewish funeral ritual?

All forms of Judaism in the medieval and modern world are built on, or react to, the Talmud.

Those who read out loud from the Jewish Torah scrolls in the synagogue always use a _________ to follow their place in the text.

What is the modern organization promoting Jewish immigration into Palestine?

Identify a true statement about a bar mitzvah ceremony.

How does the Jewish community celebrate the Sabbath?

What are the common Jewish funeral rituals?

The _________, a modern movement founded by Samson Raphael Hirsch, is the least liberal of the Jewish branches.

Discuss the views related to modern Jewish ethics.

_________ is the system of Jewish mysticism emphasizing the immediate, personal, and emotional experience of God.

Which of the following defines Hasidism?

An important part of Jewish monotheism is a basic statement of faith from Deuteronomy 6 that begins "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is One"; the name for this statement is:

In the context of life after death, which of the following statements is true?

When the leaders of the southern kingdom of Israel came back from exile in Babylon in the 530s B.C.E., the name of their larger tribe became the name of the political area, and the people who lived there were called:

Which of the following statements is true of Judaism in Israel?

What term literally meaning "destruction" describes the Nazi genocide of Jews in World War II?

_________, meaning "traditionalist," is the name of the Conservative movement in Europe and Israel.

Beginning Your Study of World Religions

Encountering Indigenous Religions: Ways to Tribal Life

Encountering Hinduism: Many Paths to Liberation

Encountering Jainism: The Austere Way to Liberation

Encountering Buddhism: The Middle Path to Liberation

Encountering Sikhism: The Way of Gods Name

Encountering Daoism and Confucianism: Two Views of the Eternal Way

Encountering Shinto: the Way of the Kami

Encountering Zoroastrianism: The Way of the One Wise Lord

Encountering Christianity: The Way of Jesus Christ

Encountering Islam: The Straight Path of the One God

Encountering New Religious Movements: Modern Ways to Alternative Meanings

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