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
What topics are covered in modern ethnographic studies of the Jewish community?
Question 3 of 10
Which of these medieval scholars engaged in astrological study?
Question 4 of 10
Which Jewish thinker saw evolutionary theory as support for the Kabbalistic ideas of the unity of life?
Question 5 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 6 of 10
In traditional Jewish law, who decides whether a person who is sick should eat on Yom Kippur?
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
Which of these was Maimonides influenced by?
Question 10 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.

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