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
Which of these Jewish thinkers was not also a scientist?
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
In which region did medieval Jews not embrace the study of natural sciences and philosophy?
Question 4 of 10
Which of these medieval scholars engaged in astrological study?
Question 5 of 10
Which of the following people is known as the "Zoo Rabbi," committed to understanding the role of science in traditional Jewish sources?
Question 6 of 10
What did Maimonides believe about astrology?
Question 7 of 10
What event proved Einstein's Theory of Relativity right?
Question 8 of 10
Who was Anna O?
Question 9 of 10
How do Jews respond to the contradiction between the creation story in Genesis and evolutionary theory?
Question 10 of 10
Some modern kabbalists connect the scientific theory about the exponential expansion of the universe to which mystical concept?

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