Who Wrote This Text?
Do you know who wrote these ancient and medieval Jewish texts? From the Song of Songs to the Guide for the Perplexed see if you can name the author.Question 1. Who redacted the mishnah?
Ezra the Scribe
Judah the Prince
Judah the Levi
Judah Maccabee
Question 2. Who wrote the Guide for the Perplexed?
Gersonides
Nachmanides
Maimonides
Rashi
Question 3. According to Jewish legend, who wrote the Unetaneh Tokef prayer?
Judah Halevi
King Solomon
The Vilna Gaon
Rabbi Amnon of Mainz
Question 4. Who wrote a commentary on the Talmud?
Ezra
Nechemiah
Rashi
Baal Shem Tov
Question 5. Who wrote the Shulhan Arukh?
Baruch Epstein
Joseph Caro
The Gaon of Vilna
Yisrael Maier Kagan
Question 6. The Book of Lamentations (Eicha) is traditionally attributed to which prophet?
Jeremiah
Ezekiel
Isaiah
Nahum
Question 7. Acording to the text, who wrote the Song of Songs?
David
Solomon
Saul
Micah
Question 8. There are psalms attributed to which of the following people?
Jesse
Jacob
Sons of Haman
Sons of Korach
