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
Which of these was Maimonides influenced by?
Question 2 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 3 of 10
How do Jews respond to the contradiction between the creation story in Genesis and evolutionary theory?
Question 4 of 10
How did Samuel bar Abba, a talmudic sage, calculate and determine the calendar and the dates of holidays many years in advance?
Question 5 of 10
How have Jewish institutions such as the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee dealt with attempts to introduce Intelligent Design into public schools?
Question 6 of 10
True or False: Carl Jung was Jewish.
Question 7 of 10
Who was Anna O?
Question 8 of 10
True or false: In traditional Jewish thought, evolution is always rejected.
Question 9 of 10
Which of the following Jews was a founder of a discipline of social science?
Question 10 of 10
In which region did medieval Jews not embrace the study of natural sciences and philosophy?
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