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Do not fill this in! === Judaism === {{Main|Jewish principles of faith}} Judaism recognizes the positive value of {{transliteration|he|Emunah}}<ref name="chabad">{{cite web |url= https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1398519/jewish/Emunah.htm |title=What Is Emunah – Beyond Belief – Essentials |work= chabad.org |access-date= 14 October 2015 |archive-date= 17 April 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200417071602/https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1398519/jewish/Emunah.htm |url-status= live }}</ref> (generally translated as "faith", or "trust in God") and the negative status of the {{transliteration|he|[[Epikoros|Apikorus]]}} (heretic), but faith is not as stressed or as central as it is in some other religions, especially [[Christianity]] or [[Islam]].<ref>{{cite book|first= Alan|last= Segal|title= Paul the Convert|year= 1990|pages= 128, 148, 175|publisher= Yale University Press |quote= "For a Jew, faith fundamentally precedes anything as well, but there is no need to distinguish between it and law. Jews perform the commandments because they are commanded by God, not because they guarantee justification. This arrangement assumes a prior faith commitment and prior act on God's part in justifying that never needs to be discussed"..."For Paul, giving up special claims to the performance of ceremonial Torah was part of his dissonance over leaving [[Phariseeism | Pharisiasism]] and entering an apocalyptic community based on faith".."The rabbi..."felt individuals maintain righteousness through observing God's commandments"..."Paul"..."through faith,"..."justification is something that God grants in response to faith and thought the rabbis would not disagree they did not see Torah and faith in opposition"|isbn= 0-300-04527-1}}</ref> Faith could be a necessary means for being a practicing religious Jew, but the emphasis is placed on true [[knowledge]], true [[Prophecy#Judaism|prophecy]], and practice rather than on faith itself. Very rarely does it relate to any teaching that must be believed.<ref name=Brueggemann2002 /> Judaism does not require one to explicitly identify God (a key tenet of [[Christian faith]], which is called [[Avodah Zarah]] (foreign worship) in Judaism, a minor form of [[idolatry |idol worship]], a big sin and strictly forbidden to Jews). Rather, in Judaism, one is to honor a (personal) idea of God, supported by the many principles quoted in the [[Talmud]] to define Judaism, mostly by what it is not. Thus there is no established formulation of [[Jewish principles of faith]] which are mandatory for all (observant) [[Jews]]. In the Jewish scriptures, trust in God – {{transliteration|he|Emunah}} – refers to how God acts toward his people and how they are to respond to him; it is rooted in the everlasting covenant established in the [[Torah]], notably<ref name=Brueggemann2002>{{Cite book |last=Brueggemann |first= Walter |year= 2002 |title= Reverberations of faith: a theological handbook of Old Testament themes |pages=76–78 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dBJQ71RIpdMC&q=faith+in+the+old+testament |isbn= 0-664-22231-5 |publisher= Westminster John Knox Press |location=Louisville, Ky.}}</ref> Deuteronomy 7:9: {{Blockquote|text= Know therefore that the LORD thy God, He is God; the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations;<ref>{{cite book|title= The [[Torah]] – A Modern Commentary|publisher= Union of American Hebrew Congregations|location= N.Y.|year= 1981|author-first= W.G.|author-last= Plaut}}</ref>|sign=[[Tanakh]]|source={{Bibleref|Deuteronomy|7:9|JPS}}}} The specific tenets that compose required belief and their application to the times have been disputed throughout Jewish history. Today many, but not all, [[Orthodox Jew]]s have accepted [[Maimonides]]'s [[Jewish principles of faith#Maimonides' 13 principles of faith | Thirteen Principles of Belief]].<ref>{{multiref2 |1={{cite web|url= http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/cjso/Chabad/moshiach/techiya-masim.html|title= The 13 Principles and the Resurrection of the Dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060208182008/http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/cjso/Chabad/moshiach/techiya-masim.html |archive-date= 2006-02-08 |website= The Wolf Shall Lie With the Lamb|author= Rabbi Shmuel Boteach}} |2=For a history of this dispute see: {{cite book|last= Shapiro|first= Marc|title= The Limits of Orthodox Theology: Maimonides' Thirteen Principles Reappraised|series= Littman Library of Jewish Civilization}} }}</ref> A traditional example of {{transliteration|he|Emunah}} as seen in the Jewish annals is found in the person of [[Abraham]]. On several occasions, Abraham both accepts statements from God that seem impossible and offers obedient actions in response to direction from God to do things that seem implausible.<ref>{{bibleverse|Genesis|12–15}}</ref> <blockquote> The [[Talmud]] describes how a thief also believes in G‑d: On the brink of his forced entry, as he is about to risk his life—and the life of his victim—he cries out with all sincerity, "G‑d help me!" The thief has faith that there is a G‑d who hears his cries, yet it escapes him that this G‑d may be able to provide for him without requiring that he abrogate G‑d's will by stealing from others. For {{transliteration|he|emunah}} to affect him in this way he needs study and contemplation.<ref name="chabad" /></blockquote> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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