Judaism traces itself back to what legendary patriarch who is written about in the book of Genesis?
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Abraham
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The biblical book that describes the origins of the human race is
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Genesis
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Zionism is
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Movement that has encouraged the creation and support of the nation of Israel
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The Hebrew Bible sees history as
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Signs of divine activity
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The moral conscience of the Hebrew people was the
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Prophets
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According to the Book of Exodus, what disaster was the last to strike the Egyptians?
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Death of first-born male children
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The Jewish view of God is best expressed as
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Loving and just
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The Torah is
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"Teaching;" The first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures; Additional instructions of God, believed by many to hve been transmitted orally from Moses through as succession of teachers and rabbis
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The destruction of the Second Temple changed the nature of the Hebrew religion, in that afterward,
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It ended the temple-based ceremonial religious practice
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The Talmud is
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An encyclopedic commentary on the Hebrew Scriptures
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The Jewish Day of Atonement, the most sacred day of the Jewish year, is
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Yom Kippur
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Contemporary Judaism has split into four parts. The part which encourages non-literal, individual interpretation of traditional beliefs is called
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Reconstructionism
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When the Jewish boy turns thirteen, he is considered an adult in the religious community. This ceremony takes its name from his new status:
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Bar Mitzvah
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Which division of modern Judaism stresses careful keeping of dietary laws and separate social roles for men and women?
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Orthodox Judaism
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Which Jewish festival recalls the liberation of the Hebrews from oppression in Egypt?
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Passover (Pesach)
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The three categories of the Hebrew Bible are
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Torah (teaching), Nevi'im (prophets), and Tanakh (writings)
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The Jewish Sabbath is kept from
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Sunset Friday to sunset Saturday
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Jewish dietary laws forbid eating
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Pork
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The Gospel that is oriented toward a Jewish audience and that portrays Jesus as the "new Moses" is
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Matthew
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Jesus said that all important religious laws could be summed up in the
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Two Great Commandments
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In Jesus' time, what power controlled Israel?
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Rome
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Which of these books is found in the New Testament?
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Hebrews; Matthew, John, Luke, Mark
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An essential part of the teaching of Jesus was to
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Love one another
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A biblical letter to an early Christian or Christian community is called
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epistle
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Jesus summarized Jewish traditions and laws as
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overly strict
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The major Christian rituals, such as baptism and Eucharist, are often called
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sacraments
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Following the fall of Rome, Benedictine monks are associated with
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missionary force that spread Christianity
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The Protestant Reformation was started by
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Martin Luther
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The branch of Christianity common in Russia, Bulgaria, Greece, and Romania is called
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Eastern Orthodox
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The body and blood of Jesus are symbolized
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by bread and wine, sharing in the Lord's Supper
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In 313, the emperor Constantine published an Edict of Toleration, which allowed
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practice of Christianity without persecution
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Christianity first spread in territory surrounding
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Mediterranean Region
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A Protestant denomination emphasizing predestination is
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Calvinist
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The view that the end of the world is near is called
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apocalyptic
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Literally, "gospel" means
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Good news
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Jesus opposed divorce because
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divorce left a woman unable to support herself
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The primary language that Jesus spoke was
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Aramaic
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The beginning of the Muslim calendar is the Western year
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622 ce
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Islam particularly stresses
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oneness of God
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Muhammad was born and raised in
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Mecca
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Islam literally means
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Submission; peace
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The phrase "Five Pillars of Islam" refers to
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The essentials of Muslim belief and practice
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Muslims trace themselves back ultimately to what great patriarch?
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Abraham
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The Islamic month of fasting is called
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Ramadan
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The year 1 of the Muslim calendar dates from what event in the life of Muhammad?
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Escape from Mecca to Medina
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The name given to Islamic mysticism is
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Sufism
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The Shiite branch developed because
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a disagreement over the line of succession after Muhammad
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A remembrance of what Muhammad said or did is called
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Hadith
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At first, before they were instructed to face Mecca for prayer, followers of Muhammad faced toward what city for prayer?
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Jerusalem
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All Muslims, unless prevented by poverty or sickness, are expected to visit Mecca at least once in their lifetime in the religious journey (pilgrimage) known as
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Pilgrimage to Mecca OR Hajj
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The successor to Muhammad, for centuries a political as well as a religious figure, was called
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Caliph
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