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Question 31

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The prophet Micah stated that the nature of God and His relationship with Israel requires more than exact ceremonial observances.

A) True
B) False

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Question 32

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The "conservative" or "traditional" interpretation regards the Hebrew Bible as

A) a record of human encounters with God.
B) a document from God that is without error.
C) words expressing human understandings of God's revelation.
D) nice reading on a rainy day.

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Christian churches and Allied governments fought heroically to save the European Jews during the Holocaust.

Describe the actions of Antiochus IV of Syria that eventually led to the Maccabean Revolt.

Emphasis on reason over revelation is called

What is a theodicy? Describe specifically why the postexilic Jewish leaders felt it necessary to issue a theodicy.

Which prophet spoke out against the inequalities among the economic classes of the Hebrews, and warned that God would use other nations to discipline their rebellion against His law?

Reflect on Martin Buber's premise that humans must relate to one another as persons rather than as objects. What does he mean by this, and how would this "I-and-Thou" relationship help us to become "fully human"?

God's rule of a people through a human leader is known as

The Jewish year is based on the solar calendar.

What replaced temple worship during the Babylonian exile of the Jews? Describe how this new form of worship was conducted.

Match each definition to the corresponding term.

The first ancestors received God's revelations in Mesopotamia around 1800 B.C.E.

What alternative to temple worship was instituted so that exiled Jews could worship in a strange land (Babylon) ?

The first president of the United States, George Washington, denied religious freedom to Jews.

"Hear O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone," is known as the

Identify and briefly describe the two basic interpretations of the Hebrew Bible.

The "greatest of the Jewish philosophers" who combined reason and scholarship in philosophy with devotion and analysis of Torah was

The great Jewish philosopher, Maimonides, supported himself as the court physician to a Muslim emperor.

There is evidence that Joseph abandoned his own God in favor of Egyptian deities.