Exam 8: Judaism

Emphasis on reason over revelation is called

The prophet Micah stated that the nature of God and His relationship with Israel requires more than exact ceremonial observances.

The great Jewish philosopher, Maimonides, supported himself as the court physician to a Muslim emperor.

The Jewish year is based on the solar calendar.

The first president of the United States, George Washington, denied religious freedom to Jews.

Which prophet spoke out against the inequalities among the economic classes of the Hebrews, and warned that God would use other nations to discipline their rebellion against His law?

The "conservative" or "traditional" interpretation regards the Hebrew Bible as

What replaced temple worship during the Babylonian exile of the Jews? Describe how this new form of worship was conducted.

God's rule of a people through a human leader is known as

There is evidence that Joseph abandoned his own God in favor of Egyptian deities.

"Hear O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone," is known as the

What is a theodicy? Describe specifically why the postexilic Jewish leaders felt it necessary to issue a theodicy.

The "greatest of the Jewish philosophers" who combined reason and scholarship in philosophy with devotion and analysis of Torah was

Christian churches and Allied governments fought heroically to save the European Jews during the Holocaust.

The first ancestors received God's revelations in Mesopotamia around 1800 B.C.E.

Identify and briefly describe the two basic interpretations of the Hebrew Bible.

What alternative to temple worship was instituted so that exiled Jews could worship in a strange land (Babylon)?

Describe the actions of Antiochus IV of Syria that eventually led to the Maccabean Revolt.

Reflect on Martin Buber's premise that humans must relate to one another as persons rather than as objects. What does he mean by this, and how would this "I-and-Thou" relationship help us to become "fully human"?