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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.

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Question 1 of 10
What did Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook believe about Torah and science?
Question 2 of 10
True or false: The rabbis of the Talmud developed intricacies of Jewish law to deal with the phenomenon of intersex people.
Question 3 of 10
In which region did medieval Jews not embrace the study of natural sciences and philosophy?
Question 4 of 10
Who was the father of modern psychoanalysis?
Question 5 of 10
Which of the following Jews was a founder of a discipline of social science?
Question 6 of 10
Which of these Jews believed that religion was the "opium of the masses"?
Question 7 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 8 of 10
Who used the Jewish Bible in order to explore the division of labor in society?
Question 9 of 10
True or false: In traditional Jewish thought, evolution is always rejected.
Question 10 of 10
Which of the following proponents of psychology or psychiatry was not Jewish?

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