Park University RE 109 Unit 5 Quiz

Chapter 8 1. Judaism traces itself back to what legendary patriarch who is written about in the book of Genesis? Abraham 2. The biblical book that describes the origins of the human race is Genesis 3. Zionism is a movement that urges Jews to live in Israel. 4. The Hebrew Bible sees history as signs of divine activity. 5. The moral conscience of the Hebrew people was the Prophets 6. According to the Book of Exodus, what disaster was the last to strike the Egyptians? death of firstborn male children 7. The Jewish view of God is best expressed as God makes moral demands. ­ God is creator and judge. 8. The Torah is the first five books of the Bible (Pentateuch) 9. The destruction of the Second Temple changed the nature of the Hebrew religion, in that afterward, the Jewish religion began to focus on the written word. 10. The Talmud is the encyclopedic commentary on the Hebrew Scriptures. 11. The Jewish Day of Atonement, the most sacred day of the Jewish year, is Yom Kippur 12. Contemporary Judaism has split into four parts. The part which encourages non­literal, individual interpretation of traditional beliefs is called Reconstructionist Judaism 13. When the Jewish boy turns thirteen, he is considered an adult in the religious community. This ceremony takes its name from his new status: Bar Mitzvah 14. Which division of modern Judaism stresses careful keeping of dietary laws and separate social roles for men and women? Orthodox 15. Which Jewish festival recalls the liberation of the Hebrews from oppression in Egypt? Passover (Pesach) 16. Which book is part of the Torah, or Pentateuch? Leviticus 17. The Reform movement that began to spread in the nineteenth century attempted to modernize Judaism