Lt: Role of Religion

What were the sources of religious teachings for the early Israelites?

• The Torah, Nevi'im, and Ketuvim
• The Old Testament and New Testament
• The Talmud, Midrash, and the Dead Sea Scrolls
• The Quran and Hadith

What information is contained within the Talmud that helps to explain the Torah?

• Thoughts and Essays about the Tanakh
• Genealogy information on the first kings of Israel
• Hymns and Poems
• Writings about Jewish Law

What was the significance of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls?

• They revealed new information about what life was like in this time period (between 100 bce and 50 ce)
• They revealed an additional two commandments
• They showed the history of a group of forgotten jewish kings
• They revealed the identities of the Sea Peoples

What does it mean for Jewish Families to be Patriarchies?

• Families were controlled by Elders
• Families were controlled by Fathers
• Families were controlled by Mothers
• Families were controlled by majority voting

What rights did women have under Jewish Law?

• Could CREATE contracts, and buy and sell property
• Women had no rights and were treated as property
• Women could neither sign contracts nor sell property
• Women had all the same rights as men

What was one of the parts of a Kosher Diet?

• Beef and Lamb were banned
• Pork was banned
• Meat was not allowed on Tuesdays and Thursdays
• Meat and Dairy had to be eaten at the same meal

What made Jewish religious beliefs unique in ancient world?

• Monotheism - belief in a single god
• Polytheism - belief in multiple gods
• Agnosticism - neither belief nor disbelief in a creator god
• Atheism - belief in no god

What is the Jewish Covenant?

• An agreement between a Jewish King and Chaldean King
• An agreement between man and God
• An alliance between different jewish groups
• An agreement between the Jewish God and the various gods of the Polytheistic Phoenicians

What is the term for food that has been prepared properly for Jewish people to eat?

• Correct

• Hebrew

• Kosher

• Yarmulke

What is NOT true about the prophets?

• They are believed to be messengers sent by God

• They gave people hope, but also told them when they had strayed from God's path

• They showed people how to live a moral life according to the will of God

• They believed that there was no way for people to get close to God