REL 108 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Kabbalah, Renaissance Humanism, Abraham Geiger
26 May 2018
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The first Jewish professional group to come into contact with European
Renaissance education was:
Question options:
a)
Lawyers
b)
Physicians
c)
Rabbis
d)
Merchants
Question 2
Some of the consequences of Jewish encounter with European
Renaissance education were:
Question options:
a)
The revival of historical writing
b)
The development of critical approaches to classical rabbinic texts
c)
The flourishing of Kabbalah
d)
A and B
e)
B and C
Question 3
One of the characteristics of Christian Humanism was:
Question options:
a)
Renewed interest in historical and philological studies, including the study of Hebrew
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b)
Overwhelmingly critical view of Jews and Judaism
c)
Conversions of humanists to Judaism
d)
The introduction of ghettos to Italian cities
Question 4
The Protestant Reformation resulted in:
Question options:
a)
The spread of blood libels across Europe
b)
The uniformly positive view of Jews and Judaism
c)
The emergence of state politics that were increasingly guided by pragmatic considerations of econo
d)
Mass conversions of the Jews to Christianity
Question 5
The term “port Jews” refers to:
Question options:
a)
The Jewish communities reestablished in Germany with the help of the court Jews
b)
The Jewish communities established on the lands of Polish magnates
c)
The communities of former conversos established in the main port cities of the Atlantic world
d)
The Jewish communities established in the port cities of the Ottoman Empire
Question 6
The main function of the court Jews was:
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a)
To serve as financiers and purveyors to the rulers of German states
b)
To serve as financiers and purveyors to the kings of France and England
c)
To participate in trans-Atlantic trade
d)
To serve as advisors to the king of Spain
Question 7
The Amsterdam Sephardim are considered to be “the first modern Jews”
for the following reasons:
Question options:
a)
The primacy of books over family traditions and schools in the transmission of knowledge
b)
They distinguished between the religious and secular spheres of their individual and collective live
c)
The influence of European humanism on their study curriculum
d)
A and B
e)
B and C
f)
All of the above
Question 8
Barukh Spinoza is often called the first secular Jew because:
Question options:
a)
He converted to Christianity
b)
He publicly repented and was readmitted into the Jewish community that had expelled him
c)
He rejected the religious teachings of traditional Judaism without embracing another religion
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Document Summary
The first jewish professional group to come into contact with european. Some of the consequences of jewish encounter with european. Question options: the revival of historical writing, the development of critical approaches to classical rabbinic texts, the flourishing of kabbalah, a and b, b and c. One of the characteristics of christian humanism was: Question options: renewed interest in historical and philological studies, including the study of hebrew, overwhelmingly critical view of jews and judaism, conversions of humanists to judaism, the introduction of ghettos to italian cities. Question options: the spread of blood libels across europe, the uniformly positive view of jews and judaism, the emergence of state politics that were increasingly guided by pragmatic considerations of econo, mass conversions of the jews to christianity. The main function of the court jews was: The amsterdam sephardim are considered to be the first modern jews for the following reasons: Barukh spinoza is often called the first secular jew because:
