Jewish History
Jewish- Belief/Holiday
Jesus
Church History/Beliefs
Judeo-Christian
100
Judaism traces itself back to this legendary patriarch who is written about in the book of Genesis... a. Moses b. David c. Abraham d. Nehemiah
What is c. Abraham? (p. 299)
100
Contemporary Judaism has split into four parts. The most liberal is called... a. Reform Judaism. b. Reconstructionist Judaism. c. Orthodox Judaism. d. Conservative Judaism.
What is b. Reconstructionist Judaism? (p. 335)
100
Jesus said that all important religious laws could be summed up in the... a. Ten Commandments. b. Two Great Commandments. c. Commandments in the Book of Leviticus. d. teachings of the Pharisees.
What is b. Two Great Commandments? (p. 352)
100
Christianity grew out of... a. Islam. b. Judaism. c. Zoroastrianism. d. Confucianism.
What is b. Judaism? (p. 355)
100
The biblical book that describes the origins of the human race is... a. Proverbs b. Genesis c. Isaiah d. Psalms
What is b. Genesis? (p. 296)
200
The Bible says that God spoke to Moses... a. on Mount Sinai b. in Egypt near the Nile River c. near the Dead Sea d. in Iraq
What is a. on Mount Sinai? (p. 296)
200
The Jewish Day of Atonement, the most sacred day of the Jewish year, is... a. Rosh Hashanah b. Hanukkah c. Passover d. Yom Kippur
What is d. Yom Kippur? (p. 325)
200
Jesus was born around 3 B.C. in this Israeli city... a. Jerusalem b. Galilee c. Bethlehem d. Phoenix
What is c. Bethlehem?
200
The history of the early Christian Church is found in this biblical book... a. Genesis b. Daniel c. Mark d. Acts
What is d. Acts? (p. 352-353)
200
Christianity added its books to those of the Hebrew Bible; the distinctively Christian books are called... a. the New Testament. b. Revelation. c. the Epistles. d. the Pearl of Great Price.
What is a. The New Testament? (p. 392)
300
The southern kingdom was destroyed in 586 B.C.E. by... a. Assyria b. Persia c. Babylonia d. Egypt
What is c. Babylonia? (p. 291)
300
The Jewish Sabbath is kept from... a. sunset Friday to sunset Saturday. b. sunrise Saturday to sunrise Sunday. c. sunrise Saturday to sundown Sunday. d. sunrise Sunday to sunrise Monday.
What is a. sunset Friday to sunset Saturday? (p. 312)
300
An essential part of the teaching of Jesus was... a. be one with nature. b. meditate in order to know your true self. c. find and follow a spiritual teacher. d. love one another.
What is d. love one another? (p. 349)
300
In 313 the emperor Constantine published an Edict of Toleration, which allowed... a. Jews to live outside ghettos. b. Christians to worship publicly. c. non-Romans to become Roman citizens. d. Christians to live in Israel.
What is b. Christians to worship publicly? (p. 368)
300
The following book is found in the New Testament... a. Genesis b. Samuel c. Psalms d. Hebrews
What is d. Hebrews? (p. 358)
400
The destruction of the Second Temple changed the nature of the Hebrew religion, in that afterward,... a. the Jewish religion began to focus on the written word. b. animal sacrifice became more important as a part of worship. c. Judaism spread to Egypt. d. the Jews began to adopt Persian culture.
What is a. the Jewish religion began to focus on the written word? (p. 314)
400
Jewish dietary laws forbid eating... a. pork. b. lamb. c. beef. d. fish.
What is a. pork? (p. 312)
400
Jesus died at the time of this religious festival... a. Rosh Hashanah b. Yom Kippur c. Passover d. Purim
What is Passover? (p. 400)
400
The major Christian rituals, such as baptism and the Lord’s Supper, are often called... a. confessionals. b. rosaries. c. indulgences. d. sacraments.
What is d. sacraments? (p. 391)
400
The Jewish monastic community that may have strongly influenced John the Baptist and Jesus was the... a. Jewish patriots b. Pharisees c. Essenes d. Sadducees
What is c. Essenes? (p. 370)
500
According to the Book of Exodus, this disaster was the last to strike the Egyptians... a. plague of frogs b. hail c. darkness d. death of firstborn male children
What is d. death of firstborn male children? (p. 302)
500
Traditionalists sometimes interpret the command not to work on the Sabbath as including no... a. walking outside the house. b. use of the telephone. c. reading of books. d. talking with friends.
What is use of the telephone? (p. 334)
500
The primary language that Jesus spoke was... a. Aramaic. b. Arabic. c. Hebrew. d. Latin.
What is a. Aramaic? (p. 351)
500
The view that the end of the world is near is called a. messianism. b. apocalypticism. c. adoptionism. d. monophysitism.
What is b. apocalypticism? (p. 352)
500
Adam is said to have lived to be...years old. a. 99 b. 122 c. 545 d. 930
What is d. 930? (p. 298)
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