1. Why do scholars think the Bible was translated into Greek (the Septuagint)? 1
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1. Why do scholars think the Bible was translated into Greek (the Septuagint)?
1) Because non-Jews wanted to read it
2) Because Jews increasingly understood Greek and not Hebrew
3) To defy King Ptolemy II, who forbade it
4) Because God told them to
2. Which is NOT true of the Hasmoneans?
1) They were a group of Greek zealots
2) The apocryphal text Maccabees 1 supports their nationalist claims by focusing on their military exploits and their triumph over assimilating Jews
3) Their origins were in the Maccabees who rebelled against the Seleucid Greeks 4) They were Jews who ruled for over a century before the common era
3. What aspect of ancient Jewish history do the Dead Sea Scrolls best offer us evidence about?
1) Everyday life in Jerusalem
2) The distinctive worldview of the Qumran sect 3) The demographic composition of the Essenes 4) The influence of the Qumran sect
4. Which of the following was NOT a cause of a Jewish revolt in antiquity? 1) Antiochus IV defiled the Temple
2) Jewish frustration with Roman rule
3) Jewish messianic aspirations
4) Babylonian taxation
5. What are two changes in Jewish life that were brought about by the destruction of the second temple?
1) The spread of synagogues
2) Building new temples
3) The development of rabbinic Judaism 4) Jewish assimilation
6. What are two differences between the Palestinian Talmud and the Babylonian Talmud? 1) The Babylonian Talmud is longer
2) The Babylonian Talmud includes Greek loan words
3) The Babylonian Talmud includes more extensive discussion of demons
4) The Babylonian Talmud is less commonly accepted among Jewish communities
7. What do Palestinian synagogues and Babylonian incantation bowls have in common?
1) They are examples of archaeological evidence
2) They achieved popularity in the late antique period (c. 200-500CE)
3) They offer evidence of non-elite, non-rabbinic forms of Jewish practice
4) All of the above
8. Which of the following is NOT a reason that Medinan Jews rejected Muhammad, according to Reuven Firestone?
1) Their suspicion of oral prophecy
2) He threatened their integrated status within the Medinan tribal system 3) He did not try to convert them.
4) He wanted to create a trans-tribal religious identity
9. What accounted for the centrality of the Babylonian rabbinical academies in the 7th through 11th centuries?
1) Their proximity to the Abbasid capital in Baghdad
2) There were no rabbis in other parts of the world
3) The gaonim were the smartest Jews
4) Rabbis in the land of Israel willingly gave up their leadership
10. Which of the following is NOT true of the Cairo Geniza?
1) It was a repository for discarded documents with God’s name on them
2) It is the best source for knowledge about everyday life in the Muslim middle
ages
3) It demonstrates the extent of Jewish economic integration
4) It was discovered in 2010.
11. Reread Dunash Ben Labrat’s poem, “There came a voice” (“Poems_10.1”). Which of the following does this source demonstrate?
1) Jews were socially segregated from non-Jews
2) Jews created their own unique poetic forms
3) Jews commonly converted to Islam
4) Jews participated in sensual pleasures of Al-Andalus, but may have felt ambivalent about it
12. Why were Jews in Europe attacked as part of the First Crusade? 1) Anti-Jewish sentiments rooted in economic resentment 2) A perception that Jews were evil Christ-killers
3) The extreme religious enthusiasm of Crusaders
4) All of the above
13. Which of the following is NOT an example of what Ivan Marcus calls “inward acculturation”?
1) The initiation ritual where a boy ingests words of Torah on a honey cake 2) Jews selling Christian ritual objects
3) The recitation of lists of the Jewish dead of 1096
4) Descriptions of martyred rabbis as Christ figures
14. What aspects of Spanish Christian culture does Joshua Ha-Lorki’s letter (Christian_Spain_Sources_14.1) describe?
a) The unambiguous embrace of philosophy
b) The increase in Jewish conversion to Christian c) Jewish poverty
d) The development of Jewish mysticism
15. Which of the following is NOT an example of Jewish culture that developed in the aftermath of the expulsions of 1492?
a) The development of a distinctive identity for the Jews of Ashkenaz
b) The Code of Jewish Law written by Joseph Karo
c) The rationalistic philosophy of Benedict (Baruch) Spinoza
d) The kabbalistic thought of Rabbi Isaac Luria and his disciples in Safed
16. Where have we NOT seen the important Shema prayer - "Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One" - in this course?
a) Deuteronomy 6:4-9, where it originally appears
b) A poem by Judah ha-Levi about faithfulness to God.
c) A Chronicle of the First Crusade written by Eliezer bar Nathan, in which it was recited by crusade victims as they committed suicide to avoid conversion.
d) Mishnah Berakhot 1, which discusses the appropriate time for its recitation.
Matching (1 point each)
Midrash ___ Exilarch ___ Karaites ___ Paul ___ Canonization ___
Ashkenaz ___ Al-Andalus ___
Maimonides ___ Reconquista ___ Kabbalah ___
A sect of Jews emerging under Muslim rule who rejected the rabbinic tradition in favor of a renewed focus on the Hebrew Bible.
A term for Spain in the so-called "Golden Age" of Muslim rule, in which Jewish philosophy and poetry flourished.
The process by which the books that would be included in the Hebrew Bible came to be finalized (while other books were left out).
A movement of Jewish mysticism that was rooted in Christian Spain but that flourished in the land of Israel in the early modern period.
Books of biblical commentary originating in the Tannaitic period that explain the inconsistencies within the Hebrew Bible by analyzing language and referencing other parts of the text.
The process of Christian forces reconquering the Iberian peninsula, in the process bringing an end to Muslim rule.
A regional identity of Jews in central Europe united, among other things, by a strong memorial culture and adherence to Rabbi Gershom's ban on polygamy.
The political leader of the Jewish community in Babylonia, who oversaw the famous rabbinical academies and traced his lineage to King David.
An early leader of the Christian church who argued that there was a new covenant open to all, encouraging a stronger separation of Christianity from its Jewish roots
j. The best-known medieval Jewish scholar living under Muslim rule, who authored a code of Jewish law, a controversial book of philosophy, and a commentary on the Mishnah that included “Thirteen Articles of Faith.”
Date Matching (1 point each)
586 BCE ___ 100 BCE ___ 70 CE ___ 135 CE ___ 200 CE ___
330s ___ 650 ___ 1086 ___ 1096 ___ 1492 ___
The First Crusade
Redaction of the Mishnah
Almoravid Conquest of Spain, end of Al-Andalus
The destruction of the second temple by the Romans
End of Bar Kokhba Revolt
The expulsion of the Jews from Spain
The destruction of the first temple and the exile of the Jews at the hands of the
Babylonians
The Qumran Sect produces the Rule of the Community
The Christianization of the Roman empire
Redaction of Babylonian Talmud
Explanation / Answer
1. The Bible was translated into Greek by the seventy scholars, hence, called the Septuagint, during the time of Plotemy because most the Jews understood Greek language Hebrew or Aramic language.
Answer. Option 2). Because Jews increasingly understood Greek and not Hebrew.
2. The Hasmoneans were Jew dynasty mentioned in Maccabees. They were the rulers whose nationalists claims are supported in Maccabees l. This dynasty ruled just before the common era.
Answer. Option 1). They will a group of Greek zealots.
3. Dead sea scrolls were found in the ancient habitat region of Qumran in the desert on the shore of Dead sea by a Bedouin shepherd in late 1940s. These scrolls offer the life and demographics of Essenes sect of Jews who inhabited this region.
Answer. Option 3). The demographic composition of the Essenes.
4. The Jews revolted against the Romans because of the oppression of the Romans. The Jews were frustrated how they were at the hands of the Romans. Babylonian taxation occurred during the period of Nebuchadnezzar who was not. Roman.
Answer. Option 4). Babylonian taxation.
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