You Gotta Know These Religious Works
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This book's title means "instruction" | Talmud
🗑
|
||||
| This is the sacred scripture of Zoroastrianism | Avesta
🗑
|
||||
| These books' titles mean "hidden things" | Apocrypha
🗑
|
||||
| This book's title means "The Way" | Tao Te Ching
🗑
|
||||
| This is the second in authority among Muslim texts | Hadith
🗑
|
||||
| This contains the aphorisms of Confucius | Analects
🗑
|
||||
| This book's title means "recitation" in Arabic | Qur'an
🗑
|
||||
| Legend has it that the dragon-emperor Fuxi derived its eight trigrams from a turtle shell | I Ching
🗑
|
||||
| These are the two parts of the Talmud | Mishnah and Gemara
🗑
|
||||
| Judith, the books of the Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach, and Baruch are among the books in this | Apocrypha
🗑
|
||||
| Also called the Vedanta, the name for these texts means "to sit down close" which is what studnets did while their teacher recited them | Upanishads
🗑
|
||||
| These are composed of four hymnbooks: the Rig, Sama, Yajur, and Atharva | Vedas
🗑
|
||||
| This is one of the texts used by the ancient Chinese for civil service study | Analects
🗑
|
||||
| Catholics and Orthodox Christians consider these texts to be just as important and divinely-inspired as other parts of the Old Testament | Apocrypha
🗑
|
||||
| The prophet revealed the location of this text to Joseph Smith | Book of Mormon
🗑
|
||||
| When the Qin emperor Shihuangdi didn't burn this scholarly books when he ordered other books burned because it was not seen as threatening | I Ching
🗑
|
||||
| The name of this book means "The Song of God" | Bhagavad-Gita
🗑
|
||||
| This text was inscribed on thin gold plates in a "reformed Egyptian" language | Book of Mormon
🗑
|
||||
| These laid the foundation for the development of several key Hindu ideas such as achieving spiritual release through meditation. | Upanishads
🗑
|
||||
| This text is divided into 114 suras | Qur'an
🗑
|
||||
| This text begins when the prince Arjuna asks his charioteer Krishna about responsibility in dealing with the suffering that the battle will cause. | Bhagavad-Gita
🗑
|
||||
| This is the text that is founded by Lao Tzu. | Tao Te Ching
🗑
|
||||
| Orthodox Jews consider the Babylonian version of this text to be more authoritative | Talmud
🗑
|
||||
| Vishnu and Shiva are minor deities in this text which concentrates on sacrifices to deities such as INdra, the god of thunder, Varuna, the cosmic order, and Agni, the god of fire | Vedas
🗑
|
||||
| This text tells the stories of the Lamanites and Nephites | Book of Mormon
🗑
|
||||
| This text instructs in restraint and passiveness to allow the natural order of the universe to take precedence. It was written during the late Zhou Dynasty | Tao Te Ching
🗑
|
||||
| This poem is found in Book Six of the epic Mahabharata | Bhagavad-Gita
🗑
|
||||
| This was composed by the Sassanid Persian dynasty. It focuses on the eternal struggle between Ahura Mazda and Agra Mainyu. | Avesta
🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
betsynewmark