WorksheetsPre-courser to 11SOR - Mythconceptions about Sacred Texts
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
Jonah was...
A king of Israel that we read about on Yom Kippur
A prophet of Israel that was swallowed by a fish
A prophet for Nineveh that was swallowed by a whale
A really, really, nice guy
Tanakh stands for...
Tehillim, Nimrod, Kings
Tefillin, Nerot Shabbat [Shabbat lights], Qumran [Dead Sea Scrolls]
Torah, Non-prophets, Kings
Torah, Neviim, Ketuvim
Tanakh translates to the books of...
Torah, Prophets, Writings
Torah, Practices, Writings
Torah, Politics of Israel, Kings
Torah, Non-Torah, Wars of Israel
Another name for the study of Tanakh is...
Michah, from the idea 'to ask questions'
Miqra/Mikra, from the word Qorei (read), in Hebrew [like Qur'an for Muslims]
Hasagot, which means 'going over, and providing commentary or discussion'
Hagiography, which is connected to ancient Hagar, handmaid of Sarah, with whom Abraham fathered Ishmael.
_____ are the books of the Torah
4
5
6
7
The following are examples of BOOKS of the Prophets
Abraham, Moshe, Jeremiah
Jeremiah, Isaiah, Ezekiel
Ezekiel, Esther, Devorah
Daniel, Zechariah, Job
A prophet is, loosely, someone to whom G-d communicates.
Not every prophet wrote a book, and not every prophetic book was kept by the rabbis as "Canon" (the accepted set of 24 Biblical books) for the Jewish people. Which of the following answers contains a Biblical figure who was NOT A PROPHET/ESS
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob
Jonah, Ezekiel
Samuel, Ruth
Joshua, Bilaam (non-Jewish)
Which of the following is CORRECT?
Moshe came down from Mount Sinai with two sets of two tablets, one ready to break when the Israelites gave him a headache
Joseph was sacrificed on Mount Sinai by Moshe
Noah was almost sacrificed by his son Ḥam - his other two sons (Shem & Japheth) intervened
Isaac was almost sacrificed on Mount Moriah by Abraham
The correct order of the 5 books of Moshe (Torah) is... (SELECT TWO CORRECT ANSWERS)
Bereishit, Vayikra, Shemot, BeMidbar, Devarim
Bereishit, Shemot, Devarim, Vayikra, BeMidbar
Bereishit, Shemot, Vayikra, BeMidbar, Devarim
Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Leviticus
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
Are the books in Ketuvim (Writings) considered "holy"?
No
Yes
Yes but a much lower level of holiness than either Torah or Neviim
Not as holy as the complete Spoken Tradition (Talmud), for which we enter burning buildings to save
