Elite Challenge: Jewish Texts & Mysticism

Examine nuanced elements of Jewish legal, mystical, and scholarly heritage via tough queries.

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7

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Quiz Questions

Answer all questions below and test your knowledge.

1
Which medieval scholar compiled the Mishneh Torah as a systematic code of Jewish law?
Question 1
2
Traditionally, the Zohar—the core Kabbalah text—is ascribed to which 2nd-century tanna?
Question 2
3
What does 'pilpul' denote in advanced Talmudic scholarship?
Question 3
4
Rashi provided foundational commentaries primarily on which key Jewish works?
Question 4
5
The Shulchan Aruch codes Jewish practice mainly for which ethnic rite?
Question 5
6
Maimonides details his 13 Principles of Faith in commentary on which Talmudic tractate?
Question 6
7
During the Geonic era (589–1038 CE), which academies' heads bore the title 'Gaon'?
Question 7