Introduction to Religion

Answer the questions below.

Orientalists misconstrued Islam oftentimes as   select answer Islamism Mohammedanism Polythesim  


Qur'an literally means   select answer poetry recitation recollection  


Wellhausen's documentary thesis uses the abbreviation "P" for   select answer Pentateuch Pauline Corpus Priestly Layer  


The names for God used in the Pentateuch include   select answer Yahweh and Elohim Yahweh and Jehovah Jehovah and Elohim  


The central Muslim shrine is called   select answer Kaba Dome of the Rock al-Aqsa mosque  


"Hinayana" Buddhism is alternatively referred to as   select answer Mahayana Buddhism Theravada Buddhism The Greater Vehicle  


The first Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed in   select answer 922/31 BCE 722/31 BCE 587/6 BCE  


The primordial person in Hindu mythology said to have been sacrificied in the beginning was called   select answer Agni Brahma Purusha  


The hero survivor of the great flood of the Gilgamesh Epos is called   select answer Gilgamesh Salman Utnapishtim  


Tanak(h) is an acronym for   select answer Torah, Pentateuch, and Prophets Torah, Writings, and Letters Torah, Prophets, and Writings  


The "Way of Knowledge" in Hinduism is referred to as   select answer jnana karma bhakti  


The early Latin translation of the Bible is known as the   select answer Septuagint Textus Receptus Vulgate  


In textual criticism, "MT" stands for   select answer Middle Testament Medieval Text Masoretic Tradition  


The earliest text of the Hindu tradition is the   select answer Mahabharata Rg-Veda Brihadaranyaka  


The oldest surviving manuscript of the Hebrew Scriptures is the   select answer Codex Leningrad(ensis) Codex Sinaiticus Codex Vaticanus  


The cycle of rebirth and death in Hindu terminology is referred to as   select answer moksha mukti samsara  


The early Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures is known as the   select answer Masoretic Text Septuagint Vulgate  


Hindu terminology refers to ultimate reality as   select answer brahman Brahma brahmin  


All of the following letters refer to layers of the Hebrew Scriptures as suggested by Wellhausen, except   select answer P Q D  


In Eliade's termionology, hierophany refers to   select answer the appearance of the Gods the appearance of the Sacred the appearance of the cosmos  


Seder refers to the celebration of   select answer Pesach Shavuot Hanukkah  


According to Jewish tradition, the world was created in the year   select answer 4631 BCE 3761/0 BCE 1750's BCE  


The becoming or creation of the cosmos is referred to as   select answer cosmology cosmonomy cosmogony  


The Exodus of Moses and the Israelites occurred around the year   select answer 2250 BCE 931/22 BCE 1250 BCE  


The Sacred Mountain where Moses received the Law/Torah is also known as   select answer Mt. Horeb Mt. Hira None of the above  


The Ark of the Covenant of Israelite tradition is aslo known as the   select answer shekhinah mishkan Noah's ark  


The center of the world in a given religious tradition is also known as the   select answer axis mundi archetype dharma  


The commandments of the covenant at Mt. Sinai are referred to as   select answer nomos Codex Sinaiticus mitzvot  


"Dukkha" refers to   select answer the Hindu notion of "all is one" the Jewish notion of God's omnipresence the Buddhist notion of suffering  


"Anthropomorphism" refers to the description of God   select answer in spiritual terms in philosophical terms in human terms  


"Hanif" refers to   select answer members of the Indus Valley civilization former Muslims converting to Hinduism pre-Islamic proto-monotheist Arabs  


"Ontophany" refers to the   select answer revelation of divinity revelation of Being itself revelation of humankind  


"Dharma" refers to   select answer Greg duty fate  


Matzah refers to   select answer kosher food in general kosher bread in general unleavened bread  


All of the following are part of the "Four Noble Truths," except   select answer dukkha mukti magga  


"anatman" refers to the Buddhist concept of   select answer no-self self reliance higher power  


In Hebrew tradition, nephesh / nefesh refers to   select answer breath / self /soul clay and body breath and body  


Rudolf Otto refers to the Sacred as   select answer mysterium tremendum et fascinans the absolute void the opium of/for the people  


The "five skhandhas" refer to   select answer the five steps toward salvation the five components of the perceived self the five layers of the perceived universe  


Canonization refers to the process of   select answer translating the content of the textual corpus editing the content of the textual corpus declaring the limits of the textual corpus