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Free Will Quiz

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The paradox of human free will and God's infinite knowledge and power has troubled Jewish thinkers at every point in Jewish history. How much do you know about this debate?

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Question 1 of 10
Many kabbalists believe that God's providence does not extend to which of the following?
Question 2 of 10
Which modern thinker believed that the goal of a human's development is freedom and independence?
Question 3 of 10
How does Maimonides deal with the problem of free choice?
Question 4 of 10
Which Jewish philosopher comes closest to asserting that humans do not have free will?
Question 5 of 10
What does the term hashgahah mean?
Question 6 of 10
True or false: In antiquity, the different sects in Israel (Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes) all agreed about fate and determinism.
Question 7 of 10
Which of the following thinkers posited that having free choice is not as good a state as doing right automatically?
Question 8 of 10
What does Abraham Joshua Heschel believe about free will?
Question 9 of 10
Which talmudic sage said that "everything is in the hands of Heaven except the fear of Heaven"?
Question 10 of 10
What does the Apocryphal writer Ben Sira believe about predetermination?
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