RLGN 340 Quiz 1 Religious Movements
RLGN 340 Quiz 1: Religious Movements, Judaism, and Christianity
- What does “to profane” imply?
- Documents that deal with the collapse and end of the world order are called:
- What is the term for a journey to a sacred religious site, done as a devotional act?
- What is a rosary?
- Apocalyptic texts primarily are marked by:
- What term is used to identify the authoritative texts of a religious tradition?
- What is a convert from one religion to another called?
- What is an individual called who is opposed to the use of religious images?
- What was the popular kind of material on which many ancient Egyptian documents were written?
- Who was the chief Greek god?
- What are broken shards of pottery on which there is writing called?
- What is an inscribed upright stone slab called?
- Ugarit was the center of what culture?
- What book(s) provided the Greeks with stories of many of their gods and goddesses?
- In Babylonian mythology, who became the chief god?
- Who was not one of the Hebrew patriarchs?
- By what term is legal material in Jewish writings known?
- The great Jewish lawgiver was:
- What is the name of the head covering worn by Jewish men, particularly when they are at prayer?
- The Karaites were Jews who were opposed to:
- Who is acclaimed as the great restorer of Torah after the exile?
- Which Talmud had the most influence on Judaism?
- The term Ten Lost Tribes refers to what group of people?
- Who were the primary Jewish aristocracy in First-century Palestine?
- What does the term Zion identify?
- Hanukkah commemorates:
- According to the Jewish tradition, who was the First human?
- What does a mezuzah contain?
- Ashkenazi Jews show the cultural influences of what area?
- What Jewish festival celebrates the escape of the Hebrews from Egyptian slavery?
- What is the most popular guidebook for Torah observance for the modern observant Jew?
- Rashi was a _____________ rabbinic commentator on the Bible and Talmud.
- What Semitic word is a generic term for God?
- A descendant of the Jewish high priestly family is accorded what honor in the synagogue?
- Which Jewish group fought and defeated the Seleucid Greeks in Palestine?
- Over what part of Christianity is the pope the head?
- What was the popular name of the most famous translation of the Bible in English (officially known as the Authorized Version)?
- What is the symbol based on the acrostic ichthus (Jesus Christ, son of God, savior)?
- What was the theme of much of the writings of Augustine?
- From what group of people did Christianity originally draw their saints?
- Where does the pope reside?
- Who opposed the use of the term Mother of God for Mary?
- What period do the four Gospels primarily cover?
- Which Christian group below did not begin in North America?
- What Germanic tribe helped Christianize Western Europe?
- How many sacraments does the Roman Catholic Church affirm?
- What is another name for the Lord’s Prayer?
- What Protestant group became the state church of the Scandinavian countries?
- What was the name of the Bible widely used by the earliest Christians?
- What was the main debate regarding baptism during the Protestant Reformation?