Judaism: Dialogue with Philosophy | AQA A-Level Religious Studies (7062)
Judaism: Dialogue with Philosophy
- 35 questions
- 2 subtopics
- Component 2: Judaism, one religion of five
- Component 2
Judaism: how philosophy of religion and the tradition have shaped one another.
Part of Component 2, sat only by students who take Judaism as their chosen religion.
Sample questions from Judaism: Dialogue with Philosophy
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Evaluating the Reasonableness of Jewish Belief
Is the belief in a good and all-powerful God coherent after the Holocaust?
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Rubenstein argued it is not and abandoned the God of history, whereas Berkovits argued it remains coherent because God's hiddenness preserves human free will, which the evil of the Holocaust misused. -
Evaluating the Reasonableness of Jewish Belief
What must be evaluated regarding Jewish statements of faith?
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How meaningful they are and for whom they hold meaning. -
Evaluating the Reasonableness of Jewish Belief
Why is internal consistency important when evaluating Jewish beliefs philosophically?
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Because coherent beliefs must be consistent with other beliefs within the Jewish belief system to form a logically unified worldview. -
Judaism and Philosophy: The Dialogue
How might a Jewish thinker answer the objection that religious experiences are private and cannot be checked?
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By pointing to Sinai, which tradition presents as witnessed by the entire people and handed down unbroken; critics reply that what survives is a tradition about the event, not testimony that can be examined. -
Evaluating the Reasonableness of Jewish Belief
What must be evaluated regarding the relationship between philosophical enquiry and Jewish faith?
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The relevance of philosophical enquiry for religious faith in Judaism. -
Evaluating the Reasonableness of Jewish Belief
In what two temporal dimensions must the impact of philosophical discussions on Jewish belief be considered?
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In terms of past developments and present implications.
The 2 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Judaism and Philosophy: The Dialogue | Recall questions on what the dialogue involves, the contribution of Jewish monotheism and the relevance of Jewish views of the afterlife. | 12 |
| Evaluating the Reasonableness of Jewish Belief | Recall questions on what evaluating reasonableness means, the two criteria applied and why the question of for whom matters. | 23 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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