Deck 2: The Monotheists: Jews and Persians

Question 1

The Hebrew Bible was written over

A) Abraham's lifetime.
B) a century.
C) a thousand years.
D) three hundred years.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Torah means

A) instructions.
B) God's Book.
C) the Way.
D) the Life.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which king developed a Hebrew state by building a capital city and developing a political bureaucracy?

A) Abraham
B) David
C) Cyrus
D) Solomon

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The Hebrew Bible is a reliable historical source.

Question 5

How many authors does the Documentary Hypothesis agree that the Hebrew Bible had?

A) three
B) five
C) one
D) four

Question 6

The idea that the Hebrew texts result from the intertwining of several writers work is known as the _________________________.

Question 7

According to archaeological evidence, the Hebrews began to move into Palestine around

A) 2500 bce.
B) 1200 bce.
C) 100 ce.
D) 1000 ce.

Question 8

The Judges held both political and religious authority.

Question 9

______________established Jerusalem as the capital city.

Question 10

The reigns of which two kings represent a Golden Age in Jewish history?

A) David and Solomon
B) Jesus and David
C) Nebuchadnezzar and Cyrus
D) Isaac and Moses

Question 11

Jewish law gave its women more social autonomy than most ancient societies.

Question 12

____________________________ enjoins Hebrews to honor their mothers and fathers equally.

Question 13

The Torah praises celibacy.

Question 14

The Jews conflated ___________and ______________to a degree that they could not be separated, which was a revolutionary development in Western life.

Question 15

The Jews' captivity in Babylon drove the Jews to

A) military action.
B) persecution of non-Jews.
C) new engineering inventions.
D) stricter observance of the Torah.

Question 16

"Rabbi" Means "Lord."

Question 17

Who released the Jews from bondage in Babylon?

A) King Solomon
B) Cyrus the Great
C) Saul
D) YHWH

Question 18

Ezra and Nehemiah were _______.

A) Prophets
B) Priests
C) Kings
D) Generals

Question 19

Ahura Mazda was the one true god of the

A) Babylonians.
B) Persians.
C) Hittites.
D) Phoenicians.

Question 20

The Zoroastrian holy book is called the _______.

A) Persian Bible
B) Vedas
C) Qur'an
D) Avesta