Trinity

=== Judaism ===
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{{See also|God in Judaism|Judaism's view of Jesus|Shituf}}
[[Judaism]] maintains a tradition of monotheism that excludes the possibility of a Trinity.{{sfn|Glassé|Smith|2003|pp=239–241}} In Judaism, God is understood to be the [[monotheism|absolute one]], indivisible, and incomparable being which is the ultimate cause of all existence.

Some [[Kabbalah|Kabbalist]] writings have a Trinitarian-esque view of God, speaking of "stages of God's being, aspects of the divine personality", with God being "three hidden lights, which constitute one essence and one root". Some Jewish philosophers additionally saw God as a "thinker, thinking and thought", taking from [[Augustinianism|Augustinian]] analogies.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Trinity > Judaic and Islamic Objections (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)|url=https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/trinity/judaic-islamic-trinity.html#JewMusTriPar|access-date=23 August 2022|website=plato.stanford.edu}}</ref> The [[Zohar]] additionally says that "God is they, and they are it".

[[Philo| Philo of Alexandria]] recognized a threefold character of God, but had many differences from the Christian view of the Trinity.<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=The Jewish Quarterly Review|publisher=Macmillan|location=|year=1895|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WSMIAQAAIAAJ&dq=Philo+the+Jew+trinity&pg=PA614}}</ref> [[John Colenso|John William Colenso]] argued that the [[Book of Enoch]] implies a Trinitarian-esque view of God, seeing the "Lord of the spirits", the "Elected one" and the "Divine power" each partaking of the name of God.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Colenso|first=John William|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eZFtEAAAQBAJ&dq=book+of+Enoch+trinity&pg=RA1-PT60|title=The Pentateuch and Book of Joshua: Critically examined. Part 3. Part 4.|edition=2|year=2022|publisher=BoD – Books on Demand|isbn=978-3-375-00420-0}}</ref>