Judaism

Question 1

Judaism is the _______ or _______ largest religion in the world

Answer 1

5th or 6th

Question 2

Judaism in the _____ largest religion in the US

Answer 2

2nd

Question 3

There are roughly _________ Jews in the US

Answer 3

6 million

Question 4

What are the three primary branches of Judaism?

Answer 4

43% Reform
31% Conservative
10% Orthodox

Question 5

Roughly how many Jews died during the Holocaust?

Answer 5

6 million

Question 6

Why is it difficult to determine the exact number of Jews in the world?

Answer 6

It is an ethnic group as well as a religious group

Question 7

Which country has the highest percentage of Jews?

Answer 7

Israel with 75%

Question 8

Which country has the second highest percentage of Jews?

Answer 8

The United States with 2%

Question 9

Many scholars believe that the ancient Hebrew religion was ___________, why?

Answer 9

Henotheistic because they believed there were other Gods, but they only had a relationship with one

Question 10

TaNaK

Answer 10

the acronym referring to the text of the Hebrew Bible. Compiled in the current order in 90 CE

Question 11

What does the acronym “TaNaK” stand for?

Answer 11

Ta - Torah “Teaching”
Na - Nevi’im “Prophets”
K(h) - Ketuvim “Writings”

Question 12

There are a total of ______ books in Judaism.

Answer 12

24

Question 13

Why do we not say the “Old Testament” in Judaism?

Answer 13

The Old Testament is used in Christianity because it is based in Judaism. However, there is no “old” testament in Judaism, just the testament

Question 14

What is the Talmud?

Answer 14

a central text of judaism, written much later than the Testament

Question 15

What is the Talmud about?

Answer 15

The Talmud in Torah commentary and oral tradition written down

Question 16

What are the two parts of the Talmud that we learn about and when were they compiled?

Answer 16

Mishnah: 200 CE
Gemara: 500 CE

Question 17

What is the name of the God of Judaism?

Answer 17

Yahweh

Question 18

Why do practitioners typically not use the name of God?

Answer 18

There is a commandment which says “Do not use the lords name in vein” instead they use the Tetragrammaton

Question 19

What is the Tetragrammaton?

Answer 19

YHWH or YHVH

The name of God with the vowels taken out

Question 20

When reading the Tetragrammaton aloud one say….(give translation of each)

Answer 20

“Adonai” - lord
“Elohim” - replace. name
“Hashem” - the name

Question 21

What is a covenant?

Answer 21

the conditional promises made to humanity by God, as revealed in the scripture

Question 22

What covenant did God make with his people?

Answer 22

God promised to protect them if they kept His law and were faithful to Him.

This covenant begins with Abram

Question 23

In Judaism, Isaac is the true heir of Abraham, but in Islam it is…

Answer 23

Ishmael

Question 24

Both Judaism and Islam have the story of Abraham bringing his son to the mountain to sacrifice him, the difference being…

Answer 24

which son.

Question 25

Abrahams grandson Jacob is later named...

Answer 25

Israel

Question 26

Jacob (Abrahams grandson) moves his family to Egypt because of...

Answer 26

famine

Question 27

After they move to Egypt, Jacob and his family are...

Answer 27

enslaved for a few hundred years

Question 28

In Jewish mythology, who receives the Torah (and much of the oral Torah)?

Answer 28

Moses

Question 29

Who is the most important prophet of judaism?

Answer 29

Moses

Question 30

How many plagues are there?

Answer 30

10 plagues.

Question 31

What is the last plague?

Answer 31

One which kills the first born son of the Pharoh

Question 32

How does the angel of death know to pass over the Jews?

Answer 32

slaughter a lamb and paint the blood over their doorways so that the angel will PASSOVER them

Question 33

When was Moses born?

Answer 33

around 1393 BCE

Question 34

Where does Moses lead the people?

Answer 34

to the promise land but they make a pit stop at Mount Sinai

Question 35

What happens at Mount Sinai?

Answer 35

Moses speaks to God a receives 3 things: 1. the Torah (includes 10 commandments) 2. the oral Torah (how to do the commandment stuff) 3. the arc of the covenant (a vessel to contain the stone slabs that he receives and have the torah written on them)

Question 36

How and where does Moses die?

Answer 36

in the desert. they wander for many many years trying to find the promised land.

Question 37

What happened in 957 BCE?

Answer 37

Isrealites built a great temple under the reign of Solomon however there is little to no archaeological evidence

Question 38

soloman is the son of...

Answer 38

David

Question 39

the Israelites possibly constructed the great temple on...

Answer 39

Temple Mount

Question 40

What happens in 586 BCE?

Answer 40

the temple is destroyed by the Babylonians, however many texts use the year 422 BCE

Question 41

what happens when the temple is destroyed by babylonians?

Answer 41

the people are dispersed, living in diaspora

Question 42

those living in exile in Babylonia become know are _____ because they are from _________.

Answer 42

Jews because they are from Judah

Question 43

the great temple was meant to be the...

Answer 43

home of the arc of the covenant

Question 44

what is diaspora?

Answer 44

a mass migration of one ethnical religious group to a single new place (this happens in Jainism as well)

Question 45

Fewer than 50,000 Jews return to Zion under the Persian king...

Answer 45

Cyrus

Question 46

Originally, Zion was the name of a _______ near Jerusalem

Answer 46

mountain

Question 47

Construction on the second temple is completed in...

Answer 47

515 BCE

Question 48

Construction of the second temple begins under (who)?

Answer 48

the Persian king Cyrus

Question 49

why is the construction of the second temple important to Judaism?

Answer 49

it is the return of the people to their promised land

Question 50

second temple period

Answer 50

515 BCE - 70 CE

Question 51

the second temple is destroyed in...

Answer 51

70 CE

Question 52

Judea had been under Roman admin from around...

Answer 52

4 BCE

Question 53

what were the three primary reactions to roman rule?

Answer 53

1. Zealots 2. Essenes 3. Messianics

Question 54

Who were Zealots?

Answer 54

the Jewish militia who rose up against Rome. | one reaction to roman rule

Question 55

Who were the Essenes?

Answer 55

they did not care for Judaism under Roman Rule. they didn't want to collaborate with the romans they wanted a stricter observance of Jewish law

Question 56

What evidence is there that the Essenes existed?

Answer 56

inkwells and writing materials in caves mikvas (religious baths) dug into caves large series of texts (Dead Sea scrolls)

Question 57

When did the Messianic age develop?

Answer 57

during Roman rule

Question 58

who were the Messianiacs?

Answer 58

believed that Jews would be rescued from suffering believed that there would be a Messiah who would bring the end of bad times and the beginning of peace

Question 59

What is the Western Wall or the Wailing Wall?

Answer 59

a portion of the second temple which still remains. it is a sacred place of pilgrimage for members of the Jewish faith

Question 60

without a temple, where does Judaism become centered?

Answer 60

In the texts!

Question 61

Rabbinical Judaism

Answer 61

the focus is not the place, but the texts and teachers