God Quiz

Judaism has long been credited with introducing monotheism to the world. But Jewish conceptions of that one God have varied through the ages.

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Question 1. What did the kabbalists introduce?
 The name HaShem to refer to God
 The idea of humanity being created in God's image
 A distinction between the hidden and revealed aspects of God
 Our rest on Shabbat as a metaphor for God's rest

 

Question 2. What is the goal of heikhalot mysticism?
 To meet God
 To know God's intellect and reasoning
 To achieve a vision of God's throne
 To create a world of one's own

 

Question 3. What is the Shiur Komah?
 A popular Torah class offered in Jerusalem
 A medieval disputation about the nature of God
 The archaelogical site of an ancient synagogue
 The earliest Hebrew work that deals with the secret of God Himself

 

Question 4. According to Maimonides, what is the "fundamental of fundamentals"?
 Devotion to the commandments
 Belief in God
 Acceptance of the Torah
 The notion of Jews as God's Chosen People

 

Question 5. Which of these does God identify as His own name, in the Bible?
 The Omnipresent
 I Am Who I Am
 The Holy One Blessed Be He
 The Name
 The One Who Spoke and Thus Created The World

 

Question 6. Which school of belief directly influenced Saadiah Gaon's perception of God?
 Kabbalah
 Merkavah
 Sufism
 Mutazilite kalam

 

Question 7. Which of these cities does God destroy?
 Ur
 Beersheva
 Sodom
 Jerusalem

 

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