Judaism: Religious Experience | Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies B (1RB0)
Judaism: Religious Experience
- 97 questions
- 8 subtopics
- Judaism, one religion of seven
- Paper 3
Judaism: Religious Experience is examined in Paper 3, Area of Study 3: Religion, Philosophy and Social Justice, if Judaism is the religion studied for that area.
It covers revelation in the Tenakh, visions in Judaism, miracles in Judaism, Jewish attitudes to religious experience, the design argument and Judaism, the cosmological argument and Judaism, suffering and the nature of the Almighty and Jewish responses to the problem of suffering.
Sample questions from Judaism: Religious Experience
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Revelation in the Tenakh
What happens in Deuteronomy 31:14–15?
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God appears to Moses and Joshua at the Tent of Meeting in a pillar of cloud. God then gives Joshua his charge to succeed Moses. -
Visions in Judaism
What does God reveal about the future in Genesis 15?
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God reveals that Abram's descendants will be strangers and slaves for four hundred years. God will then judge their oppressors and bring them out with great possessions. -
Miracles in Judaism
What does the miracle of the manna show about the Almighty?
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The manna shows that God provides for his people and cares for their daily needs. The miracle also tests whether Israel will trust God and keep his rules. -
Jewish attitudes to religious experience
What mission does God give Moses at the burning bush?
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God sends Moses to Pharaoh to bring the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt. God promises, “I will be with you”. -
The design argument and Judaism
How does Genesis 1 support the design argument for Jews?
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Genesis 1 shows God creating in a careful order, separating light from darkness and filling the world with life. God sees that everything is good, suggesting a purposeful plan. -
The cosmological argument and Judaism
How might a Jew use Psalm 33 to support the cosmological argument?
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Psalm 33 presents God as the cause of everything, creating by his word alone. The universe depends on God for its existence. -
Suffering and the nature of the Almighty
Why does Psalm 103 raise problems for Jews who suffer?
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Psalm 103 says God heals all diseases, yet many faithful Jews stay ill. A compassionate father would seem to prevent his children's pain. -
Jewish responses to the problem of suffering
What happens to Job in the Book of Job?
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Job, a righteous man, loses his children, wealth and health in a test allowed by God. Job's friends insist he must have sinned, but Job protests his innocence.
The 8 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Revelation in the Tenakh | Direct and indirect revelation, 1 Samuel 2:27 as a direct case, Deuteronomy 31:14–30 and veiled revelation, hester panim, revelation through scripture, what it shows of the Almighty, and Orthodox and Reform views. | 12 |
| Visions in Judaism | Abram's vision in Genesis 15, God's promise and the covenant between the pieces, what it reveals about the future, other visions in and beyond the Tenakh, the charge of hallucination, and Jewish caution today. | 12 |
| Miracles in Judaism | The word nes, the manna in Exodus 16 and its rules, open and hidden miracles, Perkei Avot 5:6, scientific explanations of the manna, differing views of what miracles show, and miracles in everyday life. | 13 |
| Jewish attitudes to religious experience | The burning bush in Exodus 3, the removed sandals, the name revealed in Exodus 3:14, Moses' mission, the numinous, prayer and worship as experience, and Humanist and atheist arguments. | 12 |
| The design argument and Judaism | Paley's watch, Rabbi Akiva and Bahya ibn Paquda, Genesis 1 read by Orthodox and Reform Jews, fine-tuning, Hume's many designers, and the claim that evolution replaces design. | 12 |
| The cosmological argument and Judaism | Saadia Gaon and Maimonides' Prime Mover, Psalm 33:6–9 and Isaiah 45:7–18 on God as cause of all things, differing views of the argument's importance, the question of what caused God, and the Big Bang. | 12 |
| Suffering and the nature of the Almighty | Moral and natural evil, Psalm 103 and the problems it raises for those who suffer, suffering as an argument against God, Richard Rubenstein after the Holocaust, and Elie Wiesel's questioning of God. | 12 |
| Jewish responses to the problem of suffering | Suffering as a test, Psalm 119:50 and 119:71, what happens to Job and how God answers him, prayer and charity as practical responses, and how far these answers succeed. | 12 |
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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