RLGN 340 Quiz 1 Religious Movements

RLGN 340 Quiz 1: Religious Movements, Judaism, and Christianity

1. What does “to profane” imply?
2. Documents that deal with the collapse and end of the world order are called:
3. What is the term for a journey to a sacred religious site, done as a devotional act?
4. What is a rosary?
5. Apocalyptic texts primarily are marked by:
6. What term is used to identify the authoritative texts of a religious tradition?
7. What is a convert from one religion to another called?
8. What is an individual called who is opposed to the use of religious images?
9. What was the popular kind of material on which many ancient Egyptian documents were written?
10. Who was the chief Greek god?
11. What are broken shards of pottery on which there is writing called?
12. What is an inscribed upright stone slab called?
13. Ugarit was the center of what culture?
14. What book(s) provided the Greeks with stories of many of their gods and goddesses?
15. In Babylonian mythology, who became the chief god?
16. Who was not one of the Hebrew patriarchs?
17. By what term is legal material in Jewish writings known?
18. The great Jewish lawgiver was:
19. What is the name of the head covering worn by Jewish men, particularly when they are at prayer?
20. The Karaites were Jews who were opposed to:
21. Who is acclaimed as the great restorer of Torah after the exile?
22. Which Talmud had the most influence on Judaism?
23. The term Ten Lost Tribes refers to what group of people?
24. Who were the primary Jewish aristocracy in First-century Palestine?
25. What does the term Zion identify?
26. Hanukkah commemorates:
27. According to the Jewish tradition, who was the First human?
28. What does a mezuzah contain?
29. Ashkenazi Jews show the cultural influences of what area?
30. What Jewish festival celebrates the escape of the Hebrews from Egyptian slavery?
31. What is the most popular guidebook for Torah observance for the modern observant Jew?
32. Rashi was a _____________ rabbinic commentator on the Bible and Talmud.
33. What Semitic word is a generic term for God?
34. A descendant of the Jewish high priestly family is accorded what honor in the synagogue?
35. Which Jewish group fought and defeated the Seleucid Greeks in Palestine?
36. Over what part of Christianity is the pope the head?
37. What was the popular name of the most famous translation of the Bible in English (officially known as the Authorized Version)?
38. What is the symbol based on the acrostic ichthus (Jesus Christ, son of God, savior)?
39. What was the theme of much of the writings of Augustine?
40. From what group of people did Christianity originally draw their saints?
41. Where does the pope reside?
42. Who opposed the use of the term Mother of God for Mary?
43. What period do the four Gospels primarily cover?
44. Which Christian group below did not begin in North America?
45. What Germanic tribe helped Christianize Western Europe?
46. How many sacraments does the Roman Catholic Church affirm?
47. What is another name for the Lord’s Prayer?
48. What Protestant group became the state church of the Scandinavian countries?
49. What was the name of the Bible widely used by the earliest Christians?
50. What was the main debate regarding baptism during the Protestant Reformation?