A History of God: The 4000-year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam Quiz

Karen Armstrong

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Questions 1-5 of 20:

1.

Kabbalists used _______________ between the essence of God and the God who is revealed by the reality of creation. (from The God of the Philosophers)

The Vedic and Neopolitan distinction.

The Gnostic and Neoclassical distinction.

The Vedic and Neoplatonic distinction.

The Gnostic and Neoplatonic distinction.

2.

What became clear to Muhammad regarding the majority of Jews in Medina? (from Trinity: The Christian God)

They trusted him.

They shared many of the same beliefs as him.

They were permanently hostile to him.

They were also Muslims.

3.

The ___________ Empire in the ninth century, Greek science and philosophy exerted a strong influence on Arab culture. (from Unity: The God of Islam)

Babylonian.

Persian.

Abbasid.

Roman.

4.

The Muslims experienced problems with what passages in the Koran? (from The God of the Philosophers)

Where God was described as divine.

Where man was described as exhibiting human acts such as "hearing" and judging.

Where God was described as exhibiting human acts such as "hearing" and judging.

Where man was described as divine.

5.

What approach to religion does Armstrong advocate? (from Enlightenment)

The rationalistic and literal interpretation of the sacred scripts.

A mystical approach.

A fundamentalist approach.

The desirability of a compassionate approach to religion.

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