Final Exam

Question 1

T/F After Moses recieved the Torah (Law), all Isarealites wholeheartedly followed the law and remained with the Covenant, not disobeying God…

Answer 1

False

Question 2

T/F According to the Hebrew Bible, the ancestor Abraham obeyed God’s commandments to leave the polytheistic city of Ur to the unknown promised land because he was scared to be killed by God.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

How many books in the Tanakh?

Answer 3

39

Question 4

Name of Jewish God

Answer 4

YHWH (Yahwah)

Question 5

Problem-solutino in Judaism

Answer 5

Suffering/wandering/absence of God - coming closer to God through faithfulness and the keeping of the commandments

Question 6

“the Hebrew Bible”; 39 books

Answer 6

Tanakh

Question 7

Principle subdivision of the Hebrew bible

Answer 7

Torah
Neviim
Ketuvim

Question 8

Written collection of the Jewish oral traditions around Tanakh compounded around 200 CE

Answer 8

Mishnah

Question 9

Written collection around Mishnah; has two kinds- Babylonian and Jerusalem

Answer 9

Talmud

Question 10

A prayer that is specifically commanded in the Torah

Answer 10

Shema

Question 11

T/F In the majority of Jewish branches, Yom Kippur celebrates God’s cleansing and atonement of our sins and reconciliation through Jesus Christ.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

T/F Three major branches of Judaism include Orthodox, Conservative, and Reformed (Liberal)

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Hebrew term referring to the Jewish prayer that is commanded in the Torah

Answer 13

Shema

Question 14

3 scriptures in Judaism

Answer 14

Tanak
Mishnah
Talmud

Question 15

What are the books of the Christian canon?

Answer 15

old and new testament

Question 16

problem-solution-main technique in Christianity

Answer 16

original sin - salvation- Jesus

Question 17

What is the specific Christian belief in this passage?
“Jesus existed in the form of God…being made in the likeness of men”

Answer 17

Jesus is the God-incarnation in human form

Question 18

What are the two earliest Christian practices we find in archeological and textual evidence?

Answer 18

Baptism and Eucharist

Question 19

The early Christian voluntary acceptance of death under Roman persecution

Answer 19

Christian martyrdom

Question 20

The Catholic sacrament that involves confession and absolution of sins by God-ordained clergies

Answer 20

Penance

Question 21

In Muslim art and manuscripts, Muhammad is not depicted but expressed in white blank or fire. Why?

Answer 21

There is only one God, Allah, and Muhammad should never be considered to be divine.

Question 22

“Prophet of Allah” and “an excellent model”

Answer 22

Muhammad

Question 23

Problem of human beings according to Islam?

Answer 23

Self-suffiency and idolatry

Question 24

T/F Muslims use a special lunar calendar, which begins its count from 622 CE, the year of Hijrah.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

What is the written collection of relevations that Muhammed recieved from Allah over the period of 23 years, which considered to be the final, incorrupt revelation in Islam?

Answer 25

Quran

Question 26

What is the term that refers to Muhammad and his follower’s migration from Mecca to Medina?

Answer 26

Hijra

Question 27

Arabic term for the Islam statement of faith

Answer 27

Shahadah

Question 28

Five Pillars of Islam

Answer 28

1. Shahadah
2. Daily prayer
3. Charity
4. Pilgrimage to Mecca
5. Fasting during Ramadan

Question 29

T/F God only accepts the prayers of Muslims who did his/her obligation of Zakat.

Answer 29

True

Question 30

T/F Kabah is the center of Islam faith, the holiest place.

Answer 30

True

Question 31

T/F There are multiple Kabah throughout the world, including one in the US.

Answer 31

False