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Suffering & Evil Quiz

Why do bad things happen to good people?

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Jewish thinkers throughout the ages have asked: Why do bad things happen to good people?

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Question 1 of 10
What do traditional Jewish sources teach about Hell?
Question 2 of 10
The problem of suffering and evil took on an unprecedented role in Jewish thought after what event?
Question 3 of 10
Who called evil "the most difficult matter…with which scholars of all ages, people and tongues have struggled"?
Question 4 of 10
Is the character of Job (from the Book of Job) a Jew?
Question 5 of 10
Who is credited with beginning the post-Holocaust theological discussion in the West?
Question 6 of 10
What is Rabbi Harold Kushner's belief about "When Bad Things Happen to Good People"?
Question 7 of 10
According to the Talmud, when Rabbi Akiba was tortured by the Romans at the end of his life, what did he do?
Question 8 of 10
Which of the following thinkers first posited that both good and evil forces emanate from God?
Question 9 of 10
According to Saadiah Gaon, which of these is not a purpose of human suffering?
Question 10 of 10
How does the Bahir, the earliest kabbalistic work, describe the sefirah (God’s emanation) of "power"?
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