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Free Will Quiz

The paradox of human free will and God's infinite knowledge and power has troubled Jewish thinkers at every point in Jewish history. How much do you know about this debate?

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Question 1 of 10
What does Abraham Joshua Heschel believe about free will?
Question 2 of 10
Elliot Dorff, a Conservative rabbi and theologian, has used arguments about genetic predeterminism and free will to respond to what issue?
Question 3 of 10
How does Maimonides deal with the problem of free choice?
Question 4 of 10
Which Christian thinker's view on free will parallels Maimonides' view?
Question 5 of 10
What did the Hasidic Izbicer Rebbe teach about free will?
Question 6 of 10
Which of these problems concerned medieval philosophers?
Question 7 of 10
What does the term hashgahah mean?
Question 8 of 10
Which of the following thinkers posited that having free choice is not as good a state as doing right automatically?
Question 9 of 10
True or false: In antiquity, the different sects in Israel (Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes) all agreed about fate and determinism.
Question 10 of 10
Which Jewish philosopher comes closest to asserting that humans do not have free will?

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