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
In traditional Jewish law, who decides whether a person who is sick should eat on Yom Kippur?
Question 2 of 10
Who first applied the anthropological study of folklore to the Jewish Bible?
Question 3 of 10
How did the rabbis of the Talmud view science?
Question 4 of 10
Which of these Jewish thinkers also developed astronomical models, tables for solar and lunar motion, and a plan for a camera obscura?
Question 5 of 10
Who is the leading rabbi of the emerging Jewish-specific branch of psychology?
Question 6 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 7 of 10
True or false: The rabbis of the Talmud developed intricacies of Jewish law to deal with the phenomenon of intersex people.
Question 8 of 10
What does the term "intelligent design" refer to?
Question 9 of 10
True or false: In traditional Jewish thought, evolution is always rejected.
Question 10 of 10
In which region did medieval Jews not embrace the study of natural sciences and philosophy?
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