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AQA A-Level Religious Studies 7062
Arguments for the Existence of God
Evil and Suffering
Religious Language
Self and Life After Death
Religious Experience
Ethical Theories
Issues of Human Life and Death
Meta Ethics
Free Will and Moral Responsibility
Conscience
Bentham and Kant
Issues of Animal Life and Death
Buddhism: Sources of Wisdom and AuthorityBuddhism
Buddhism: Good Conduct and Key Moral PrinciplesBuddhism
Buddhism: Religion, Gender and SexualityBuddhism
Buddhism: Religion and ScienceBuddhism
Buddhism: Religion and SecularisationBuddhism
Buddhism: Religion and Religious PluralismBuddhism
Buddhism: Dialogue with PhilosophyBuddhism
Buddhism: Dialogue with EthicsBuddhism
Buddhism: God and Ultimate RealityBuddhism
Buddhism: Self, Death and the AfterlifeBuddhism
Buddhism: Expression of Religious IdentityBuddhism
Christianity: God and Ultimate RealityChristianity
Christianity: Self, Death and the AfterlifeChristianity
Christianity: Good Conduct and Key Moral PrinciplesChristianity
Christianity: Religion, Gender and SexualityChristianity
Christianity: Religion and ScienceChristianity
Christianity: Religion and SecularisationChristianity
Christianity: Religion and Religious PluralismChristianity
Christianity: Dialogue with PhilosophyChristianity
Christianity: Dialogue with EthicsChristianity
Topic overviewKant, Bentham, Virtue Ethics and Christian EthicsAgape, Consequences and Christian CharacterSanctity of Life, Just War and AnimalsEuthanasia, Capital Punishment and Cloning in ChristianityTheft and Truth-TellingMarriage, Homosexuality and Transgender IssuesGenetic Engineering and WealthTolerance and Freedom of Religious ExpressionFree Will, Moral Responsibility and ConscienceCriticisms of Christian EthicsThe Credibility of Christian Moral AuthorityWhat Christianity Has Given Ethical Studies
Christianity: Sources of Wisdom and AuthorityChristianity
Christianity: Expression of Religious IdentityChristianity
Hinduism: Sources of Wisdom and AuthorityHinduism
Hinduism: Good Conduct and Key Moral PrinciplesHinduism
Hinduism: Religion, Gender and SexualityHinduism
Hinduism: Religion and ScienceHinduism
Hinduism: Religion and SecularisationHinduism
Hinduism: Religion and Religious PluralismHinduism
Hinduism: Dialogue with PhilosophyHinduism
Hinduism: Dialogue with EthicsHinduism
Hinduism: God and Ultimate RealityHinduism
Hinduism: Self, Death and the AfterlifeHinduism
Hinduism: Expression of Religious IdentityHinduism
Islam: God and Ultimate RealityIslam
Islam: Good Conduct and Key Moral PrinciplesIslam
Islam: Religion, Gender and SexualityIslam
Islam: Religion and ScienceIslam
Islam: Religion and SecularisationIslam
Islam: Religion and Religious PluralismIslam
Islam: Dialogue with PhilosophyIslam
Islam: Dialogue with EthicsIslam
Islam: Sources of Wisdom and AuthorityIslam
Islam: Self, Death and the AfterlifeIslam
Islam: Expression of Religious IdentityIslam
Judaism: God and Ultimate RealityJudaism
Judaism: Dialogue with PhilosophyJudaism
Judaism: Religion and ScienceJudaism
Judaism: Religion and SecularisationJudaism
Judaism: Religion and Religious PluralismJudaism
Judaism: Dialogue with EthicsJudaism
Topic overviewKant, Bentham and Jewish EthicsConsequences, Character and Jewish EthicsThe Mitzvot and Tikkun OlamSanctity of Life, Animals, Theft and LyingCapital Punishment, Euthanasia and Cloning in JudaismMarriage, Sexuality and Genetic EngineeringWealth, Tolerance and Religious Freedom in JudaismBechirah Chofshit: Free Will and ConscienceOther Ethical Traditions and Jewish EthicsWhat Ethical Criticism Means for Torah and Halakha
Judaism: Religion, Gender and SexualityJudaism
Judaism: Expression of Religious IdentityJudaism
Judaism: Sources of Wisdom and AuthorityJudaism
Judaism: Self, Death and the AfterlifeJudaism
Judaism: Good Conduct and Key Moral PrinciplesJudaism
Judaism: Sources of Wisdom and Authority
- 6 subtopics
- 20 things to know
- Component 2
- Judaism, one faith of five studied in Component 2
What Judaism: Sources of Wisdom and Authority covers
Judaism: the texts, teachers and institutions that carry authority. Part of Component 2, sat only by students who take Judaism as their chosen religion.
Where it is assessed
Component 2
Judaism, one faith of five — the study of religion.
Check the AQA specification ↗The 6 subtopics
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- The Tenakh and the TorahRecall questions on the three divisions of the Tenakh, how the acronym is formed, how many books it contains and the five books of the Torah.Open →
- The Tenakh in Worship and as AuthorityRecall questions on reading the Torah, sidrah, haftarah and Simchat Torah, the Shema and mezuzah, and how Orthodox and Reform Jews treat the Tenakh's authority, its translation and conflicts with science.Open →
- The Mishnah and the TalmudRecall questions on the two works making up the Babylonian Talmud, what the Mishnah is, who edited it and its six orders.Open →
- The Authority of the Oral TorahRecall questions on why the belief in an oral Torah is decisive, how Orthodox and Reform Jews regard the Talmud, and why the written text does not stand alone.Open →
- Rabbis and SemikhahRecall questions on the meaning of rabbi, what semikhah is, whether a rabbi is a priest and the functions of a rabbi today.Open →
- The Beth DinRecall questions on what a Beth Din and a dayan are, the matters brought before the court and the role of the Beth Din in granting a get.Open →
What you need to know
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Name the five books of the Torah.
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Which of Maimonides' Thirteen Principles of the Faith supports the claim that the Torah is unchangeable?
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Describe how the Torah is read in synagogue worship.
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What is celebrated at Simchat Torah?
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Distinguish the Written Torah from the Oral Torah.
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Which two works make up the Babylonian Talmud?
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Name the six orders of the Mishnah.
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How does the Babylonian Talmud differ in standing from the Jerusalem Talmud?
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Why does treating the Oral Torah as divinely given make the Talmud authoritative?
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Give an example of a practice whose detail comes from the Talmud rather than the Torah.
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Explain the practice of daf yomi.
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Define semikhah.
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Give four functions of a rabbi in a contemporary congregation.
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Why does a rabbi's authority rest on learning rather than on office?
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Define the term Beth Din.
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What is a get, and why must a Beth Din be involved?
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Why is a conversion carried out by one Beth Din sometimes not recognised by another?
Process
How many books are in the Tenakh, why does the Torah rank highest, and what does calling the Tenakh the absolute Word of God mean?
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Define sidrah and haftarah, and say when the Shema is recited.
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What are the three divisions of the Tenakh?
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The Torah, the Nevi'im (Prophets) and the Ketuvim (Writings).
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The name 'Tenakh' is an acronym. Explain how it is formed.
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It is built from the opening Hebrew letters of Torah, Nevi'im and Ketuvim, the three sections of the Hebrew scriptures.
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How many books does the Tenakh traditionally contain?
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Twenty-four books, distributed across its three sections.
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Name the five books of the Torah.
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Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
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Which section of the Tenakh carries the highest authority, and why?
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The Torah, because it is held to record God's own revelation to Moses at Sinai and it contains the mitzvot.
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What do Jews mean when they call the Tenakh the absolute Word of God?
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They mean that God revealed the text itself, so it is complete, wholly true and cannot be altered or superseded.
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- What does Judaism: Sources of Wisdom and Authority cover in AQA A-Level Religious Studies?
- 6 subtopics: the tenakh and the torah, the tenakh in worship and as authority, the mishnah and the talmud, the authority of the oral torah, rabbis and semikhah and the beth din. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Judaism: Sources of Wisdom and Authority organised?
- By the AQA 7062 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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