Quiz 4

Question 1

Branches of Judaism

Answer 1

Orthodox
Conservative
Reform

Question 2

Principles of rabbinic interpretation

Answer 2

Oral Torah was necessary for interpreting written Torah
Building fence around the Torah
Laws applied literally and considered bindings

Question 3

Torah

Answer 3

Books and oral
613 commandments
Oral Torah interprets written

Gods teaching s

Question 4

Main branches of Christianity

Answer 4

Mormonism
JW
Seventh day adventists
Christian scientist

Question 5

Trinity

Answer 5

One god in 3 persons

Father son and Holy Spirit

Question 6

Jesus

Answer 6

Jesus is long awaited messiah

Question 7

Death and resurrection of Jesus

Explain

Answer 7

Why did he do it
Frees from penalty of death, penalty for sin is death

Resurrection gives holy spiritual and power to live right

Gives people the ability to overcome their corruption

Question 8

Holy Spirit

Explain

Answer 8

Christians become temple of god in the form of the Holy Spirit
Jesus sent Holy Spirit when he was resurrected
Gives people the power to follow god
Serves as guide to life

Question 9

Parable

Explain

Answer 9

Teaser without giving too much info
Need to be committed to find explanation
Weeding out process
Goal is a community that obeys and represents god well

Question 10

Islam

Answer 10

Means submission

Question 11

Muslim

Answer 11

Means one who submits to Allah

Question 12

Allah

Answer 12

God

Question 13

Quaran

Answer 13

Final words of god

Question 14

Muhammad

Answer 14

Profit sent to Arabs

Angle Gabriel gave him commandments

Question 15

5 pillars of Islam

Answer 15

1 profession of faith
2 prayer
3 charity 
4 fasting 
5 pilgrimage

Question 16

Kaaba

Explain

Answer 16

House of Allah
Most sacred place
Closest point of earth to Allah

Question 17

Sharia

Answer 17

Divine Islamic law derived from Quran and Sunnah
Covering all aspects of life
People get together and argue how to interpret
Allahs rules from Quran

Question 18

Oral Torah

Answer 18

Tells you how to interpret
God spoke to masses and wasn’t written down
Judaism is shaped by oral

Interpretation of gods teachings

Question 19

Talmud

Answer 19

Tells you how to live life

Without it wouldn’t know what to do. Guides you

Question 20

Halakha

Answer 20

Rules from Torah
(Can’t work on Sunday- tells you what work means)
Tells you how the laws apply
Life is organized around rules, laws governjnf every aspect of life. 613 commandments

Question 21

Rabbis

Answer 21

Jewish teachers and leaders
Interpret and applied bible
Talmud was primary Text

Question 22

Purity

Answer 22

Bases of pollution
Certain things generate impurity, usually actions and events
Direct law: mixing milk and meat.
Physical contact with dead
Childbirth
Not necessarily bad just a condition/fact of life

Question 23

Sin

Answer 23

Breaking any of the 613
Weighs you down unless you fix it
Must confess and repent
Sacrifice if temple

Question 24

Forgiveness

Answer 24

You get forgiveness if you strive to be perfect

You get a clean slate and move foward, makes it easy to make mistake again

Question 25

Flesh and spirit

Answer 25

Flesh- you in your natural state- bad desires stuck being made
Spirit- true spirit and Holy Spirit inside you

You choose to follow the flesh/spirit instead of just flesh (you now have both) have spirit from Jesus

Question 26

Quarn

Answer 26

Officially wrote 20yrs afte rmuhammads death
Direct word from god
Must learn in Arabic otherwise not gods word

Question 27

Hadith

Answer 27

Preserves Sunnah (tradition)
Had to trace back the tradition to Muhammad otherwise no
Not everyone follows
Not holy text

Question 28

5 pillars of Islam

Answer 28

Profession of faith
Prayer
Charity
Fasting
Pilgrimage

Question 29

Pharisees

Answer 29

Early Judaism sect during the late second temple period