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Religious Texts of the World

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Introduction:
"Familiarize yourself with the scriptures, sacred writings, and other respected texts of the major world religions."


1. The Pentateuch is _not_ a part of which religious tradition?
    Islam
    Judaism
    Christianity
    Hinduism


2. Which Muslim work, which contains the traditions and decisions of the earliest Muslim communities, is deeply respected by Muslims even though it is not considered a direct source of revelation?
    Qur'ran
    Mishnah
    Gospels
    Hadith


3. Which of the following is _not_ a Jewish text?
    Talmud
    Gemara
    Mishnah
    Avesta


4. Which sacred text contains the line, "I am the taste in water, Arjuna, the light in the moon and the sun"?
    The Bhagavad-Gita
    The Zohar
    The Gospel of John
    The Tao Te Ching


5. Which of the following is _not_ one of the writings used by the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints?
    The Way of a Pilgrim
    Doctrine and Covenants
    The Book of Mormon
    Pearl of Great Price


6. Which mystical Jewish text says, "You can mend the cosmos by anything you do ? even eating"?
    The Bhagavad-Gita
    The Tao Te Ching
    The Gospel of John
    The Zohar


7. What are the three most translated sacred texts in the world?
    The Bible, The Bhagavad-Gita, and the Koran
    The Bible, The Bhagavad-Gita, and the Tao Te Ching
    The Bible, The Book of Mormon, and the Koran
    The Bible, The Bhagavad-Gita, and the Tibetan Book of the Dead


8. Where would you find the sayings "Love labor and hate to be a professional minister" and "If thy wife be small, bend down to take her counsel?"
    The Talmud
    The Book of Mormon
    The Bhagavad-Gita
    The Gospel of John


9. Which philosophical text says, "The great Way is quite level, but the people are much enamored of mountain trails"?
    The Tibetan Book of the Dead
    The Zohar
    The Gospel of John
    The Tao Te Ching


10. Where would you read, "The word of your Lord shall be fulfilled: 'I will fill Hell with jinn and humans all'"?
    Dasam Granth
    Tibetan Book of the Dead
    Gospel of John
    Qur'an


11. Which of the following is _not_ a Sikh scripture?
    Zohar
    Adi Granth
    Gurū Granth Sāhib
    Dasam Granth


12. Which work proclaims, "There is no thing not included in the mind; there is no teaching to practice other than mind-practice"?
    Qur'ran
    Tibetan Book of the Dead
    Adi Granth
    Gospel of John


13. Which of the following is a collection of the sacred texts of Zoroastrianism?
    Zohar
    Gemara
    Bhagavad-Gita
    Avesta


14. Which religious text boasts the opening line, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God"?
    Tao Te Ching
    Ezekiel
    Bahagavd-Gita
    Gospel of John


15. What Sufi poet wrote, "Jesus was lost in his love for God. His donkey was drunk with barley."
    Rumi
    Muhammed
    St. John of the Cross
    Baba Kuhi


16. Which of the following is a book in the Christian New Testament?
    The Resurrection
    Moroni
    Psalms
    Romans


17. Which of the following is not among the Prophets in the Jewish Bible?
    Ruth
    Amos
    Joshua
    Ezekiel


18. What religion refers to its religious texts as the Tripataka, which means "three baskets"?
    Buddhism
    Christianity
    Jainism
    Judaism


19. The Jewish Bible, the Protestant Old Testament, and the Catholic Old Testament contain the same number of books.
    True
    False


20. What term can be used to refer to letters of the Roman Catholic Pope which are addressed to all members of the clergy and the Church?
    Papal Bull
    Encyclical
    Any of these
    Epistle


21. Most Christians consider the King James translation of the Bible to be the infallible, literal word of God.
    True
    False


22. Most Muslims consider the Qur'ran, in its original Arabic, to be the literal word of Allah.
    True
    False


23. Which of the following is a sacred text in Jainism?
    Jesus Sutras
    Kalpa Sutra
    Tipakata
    Kojiki


24. The Kojiki is treated as holy in which of the following religions?
    Buddhism
    Baha'i
    Jainism
    Shintoism


25. Authorized writings of the B?b are regarded as sacred by members of what faith?
    Shintoism
    Baha'i
    Hinduism
    Jainism


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