Science & Judaism Quiz

How much do you know about the relationship between science and Judaism?

The Bible and Talmud saw science and Jewish tradition as pathways to the same divine truth. But still, the two regularly come in conflict.

Question 1 of 10
True or False: Carl Jung was Jewish.
Question 2 of 10
Who first applied the anthropological study of folklore to the Jewish Bible?
Question 3 of 10
Which of the following Jews was a founder of a discipline of social science?
Question 4 of 10
How did the rabbis of the Talmud view science?
Question 5 of 10
How did Samuel bar Abba, a talmudic sage, calculate and determine the calendar and the dates of holidays many years in advance?
Question 6 of 10
Which of these prominent social scientists was not Jewish?
Question 7 of 10
Which of these was Maimonides influenced by?
Question 8 of 10
Which Jewish thinker saw evolutionary theory as support for the Kabbalistic ideas of the unity of life?
Question 9 of 10
What did Maimonides believe about astrology?
Question 10 of 10
True or false: An autopsy was performed in the Talmud to reveal the exact number of joints and limbs in the human body.

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