Judaism: Expression of Religious Identity | AQA A-Level Religious Studies (7062)

Judaism: Expression of Religious Identity

131 questions
11 subtopics
Component 2: Judaism, one religion of five
Component 2

Judaism: the practices, rites and communal life through which identity is expressed.

Part of Component 2, sat only by students who take Judaism as their chosen religion.

Sample questions from Judaism: Expression of Religious Identity

Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.

Ghettoism and Nehemiah 10

Why is Nehemiah 10:28–31 significant as a scriptural foundation for ghettoism?

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It provides a scriptural basis for ghettoism as a strategy to maintain Jewish distinctiveness against external cultural pressures.
Political and Religious Zionism

How do Religious Zionists interpret the return of Jews to the Land of Israel?

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As the beginning of divine redemption and the fulfilment of biblical prophecy.
Liberationist Judaism and Social Justice

What sources do liberationist approaches in Judaism draw upon to demand justice for the marginalised?

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Jewish ethical principles and prophetic traditions.
Who Is a Jew?

Why does the disagreement over patrilineal descent matter in practice?

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Someone accepted as Jewish by one movement may not be accepted by another, which affects marriage, burial and membership.
Circumcision, Bar and Bat Mitzvah

Why is brit milah kept by many Jews who observe little else?

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It is regarded as the sign of belonging to the covenant and to the Jewish people, so it carries weight far beyond ordinary observance.
Kippah, Tzitzit, Tallit and Tefillin

Describe what tefillin are.

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Two small leather boxes containing passages of Torah, bound on the arm and the head for weekday morning prayer.
The Dietary Laws and Shechitah

Define shechitah.

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The prescribed method of slaughter, carried out by a trained shochet.
Keeping Shabbat

How many categories of forbidden work are there on Shabbat?

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Thirty-nine, listed in the Mishnah.

The 11 subtopics

One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.

Subtopic	What it covers	Questions
Ghettoism and Nehemiah 10	Recall questions on what ghettoism means as a response to secularisation and on the pledges about marriage and the Sabbath in Nehemiah 10:28-31.	13
Political and Religious Zionism	Recall questions on what Political Zionism is, its founder and his key work, and the basis of its claim to national self-determination.	18
Liberationist Judaism and Social Justice	Recall questions on what liberationist approaches emphasise, the organisation exemplifying them and the prophetic sources they draw on.	8
Who Is a Jew?	Recall questions on the halakhic definition, why status passes through the mother, the American Reform decision of 1983 and the British progressive positions.	13
Circumcision, Bar and Bat Mitzvah	Recall questions on brit milah, the mohel and sandek and objections to infant circumcision, how girls are welcomed into the covenant, and the meaning and celebration of bar and bat mitzvah.	17
Kippah, Tzitzit, Tallit and Tefillin	Recall questions on the kippah, what tzitzit are and why they are worn, the two forms of tallit and what tefillin are.	9
The Dietary Laws and Shechitah	Recall questions on the books setting out the laws, the permitted land animals and sea creatures and what shechitah involves.	13
Keeping Shabbat	Recall questions on when Shabbat begins and ends, the two reasons in the fourth commandment, the thirty-nine categories of work, welcoming Shabbat and havdalah, the eruv and Reform practice.	8
The Synagogue and the Minyan	Recall questions on the synagogue's names, the aron hakodesh and the minyan, Orthodox and Reform worship, its origins after the destruction of the Temples, and its roles and pressures today.	15
Yom Kippur	Recall questions on the Yom Kippur fast and who is exempt, Kol Nidrei, Neilah and vidui, what atonement for a wrong against another requires, and the three actions said to avert the decree.	9
Pesach, the Seder and the Haggadah	Recall questions on chametz and its removal, what the seder is, the Haggadah and what the matzah represents.	8

Judaism: Expression of Religious Identity is 131 of the 3,683 questions in the guide.Get the guide, £8

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.

Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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.
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.