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Suffering & Evil Quiz

Why do bad things happen to good people?

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Jewish thinkers throughout the ages have asked: Why do bad things happen to good people?

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Question 1 of 10
Who called evil "the most difficult matter…with which scholars of all ages, people and tongues have struggled"?
Question 2 of 10
What is the Sitra Ahra?
Question 3 of 10
According to the Bible, what did God promise to the Jews at Mt. Sinai, if they followed God's ways?
Question 4 of 10
Why is the question of suffering and evil unique among theological and philosophical problems?
Question 5 of 10
What did Abraham Isaac Kook think about the relationship between God and evil?
Question 6 of 10
What was the reaction of the Jewish philosophical community in the first 20 years following the Holocaust?
Question 7 of 10
Which of these texts was the first to ask the question "Why do bad things happen to good people"?
Question 8 of 10
What is Berkovits and Cohen's “Free Will Defense" argument about the source of evil and suffering?
Question 9 of 10
According to the Talmud, when Rabbi Akiba was tortured by the Romans at the end of his life, what did he do?
Question 10 of 10
Which of the following thinkers first posited that both good and evil forces emanate from God?
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