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Suffering & Evil Quiz

Why do bad things happen to good people?

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Jewish thinkers throughout the ages have asked: Why do bad things happen to good people?

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Question 1 of 10
What is the name for the vindication of God’s justice despite the existence of evil?
Question 2 of 10
Which of the following thinkers first posited that both good and evil forces emanate from God?
Question 3 of 10
How does the Bahir, the earliest kabbalistic work, describe the sefirah (God’s emanation) of "power"?
Question 4 of 10
How does Process Theology understand the Holocaust?
Question 5 of 10
Who is credited with beginning the post-Holocaust theological discussion in the West?
Question 6 of 10
Which of these texts was the first to ask the question "Why do bad things happen to good people"?
Question 7 of 10
Who wrote the book When Bad Things Happen to Good People?
Question 8 of 10
What is karet?
Question 9 of 10
Who said that "in strict covenant theology, there can be no innocent sufferers"?
Question 10 of 10
Who called evil "the most difficult matter…with which scholars of all ages, people and tongues have struggled"?
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