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
Which of these people is known as the "zoo rabbi," and has authored books on science and Torah which were banned?
Question 2 of 10
What did Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook believe about Torah and science?
Question 3 of 10
Which of these statements has been used to explain the prominence of Jews in psychology?
Question 4 of 10
Some modern kabbalists connect the scientific theory about the exponential expansion of the universe to which mystical concept?
Question 5 of 10
In traditional Jewish law, who decides whether a person who is sick should eat on Yom Kippur?
Question 6 of 10
Who was Anna O?
Question 7 of 10
Who was the father of modern psychoanalysis?
Question 8 of 10
True or false: Maimonides said that if a rabbi in the Talmud claims something that contradicts a known scientific fact, the Talmud's word must be trusted.
Question 9 of 10
Which of the following proponents of psychology or psychiatry was not Jewish?
Question 10 of 10
Which instrument was renown Jewish physicist Richard Feynman known for playing?
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