Science & Judaism Quiz

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

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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
How have Jewish institutions such as the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee dealt with attempts to introduce Intelligent Design into public schools?
Question 2 of 10
Which of the following Jews was a founder of a discipline of social science?
Question 3 of 10
True or false: The rabbis of the Talmud developed intricacies of Jewish law to deal with the phenomenon of intersex people.
Question 4 of 10
Which of these prominent social scientists was not Jewish?
Question 5 of 10
What topics are covered in modern ethnographic studies of the Jewish community?
Question 6 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.
Question 7 of 10
How did the rabbis of the Talmud view science?
Question 8 of 10
What did Maimonides believe about astrology?
Question 9 of 10
How do Jews respond to the contradiction between the creation story in Genesis and evolutionary theory?
Question 10 of 10
True or false: In traditional Jewish thought, evolution is always rejected.
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