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
True or false: In traditional Jewish thought, evolution is always rejected.
Question 2 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 3 of 10
Which of these Jewish thinkers also developed astronomical models, tables for solar and lunar motion, and a plan for a camera obscura?
Question 4 of 10
True or False: Carl Jung was Jewish.
Question 5 of 10
Who was the father of modern psychoanalysis?
Question 6 of 10
How do Jews respond to the contradiction between the creation story in Genesis and evolutionary theory?
Question 7 of 10
Which of these was Maimonides influenced by?
Question 8 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 9 of 10
Who used the Jewish Bible in order to explore the division of labor in society?
Question 10 of 10
Which of these Jews believed that religion was the "opium of the masses"?
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