Exam 8: Judaism

The first five books of the Hebrew Bible comprise the

A person who studied the Torah and commented on it was revered as a teacher or a

Preparation of meat by removing all blood is called koshering.

Which first century Jewish group sought forceful overthrow of the Romans?

Which Jewish holiday recalls the angel of death passing over the homes of the Hebrew slaves without harming them?

All Bible scholars agree that God dictated the Torah as it is today directly to Moses.

God blessed Ishmael as ancestor to the peoples of ____, whose faith developed into ____.

Identify and describe the two main books that were written to provide Jews with continued guidance in their daily lives after the last book of the Tanakh was certified by the rabbis.

How does Hebrew wisdom literature parallel Greek philosophical writings?

The summit of experience for the Hebrews under Moses was the receiving of

The goal in Jewish ethics is to

All Jews agree that present-day Judaism is confined to beliefs and practices that Christians read in their "Old Testament."

Identify and describe at least half of the thirteen articles of faith posited by Maimonides.

In general, Judaism teaches acceptance of homosexuality.

Torah was revealed by God to the patriarch

Orthodox Jews regard food laws as

To which patriarch did God utter these words? "I will bless those who bless you And curse him that curses you; And all the families of the earth Shall bless themselves by you."

The holiest day in the Jewish year is

Results of the Nuremberg trials show widespread cooperation of the European population with Hitler's "final solution" to the "Jewish problem" during the Holocaust.