Science & Judaism Quiz

How much do you know about the relationship between science and Judaism?

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The Bible and Talmud saw science and Jewish tradition as pathways to the same divine truth. But still, the two regularly come in conflict.

Question 1 of 10
True or false: Maimonides said that if a rabbi in the Talmud claims something that contradicts a known scientific fact, the Talmud's word must be trusted.
Question 2 of 10
Where does this statement of wonder at the natural world--"How great are Your works, God, You made them all with wisdom"--come from?
Question 3 of 10
Which of these talmudic theories is supported by modern science?
Question 4 of 10
True or False: Carl Jung was Jewish.
Question 5 of 10
Which of these medieval scholars engaged in astrological study?
Question 6 of 10
Which of these was Maimonides influenced by?
Question 7 of 10
Who first applied the anthropological study of folklore to the Jewish Bible?
Question 8 of 10
Who is the leading rabbi of the emerging Jewish-specific branch of psychology?
Question 9 of 10
Who was Anna O?
Question 10 of 10
True or false: The rabbis of the Talmud developed intricacies of Jewish law to deal with the phenomenon of intersex people.
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