Thirteen Principles of Faith

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The Thirteen Principles of Faith are a foundational set of Jewish theological doctrines formulated by Maimonides that outline core beliefs about God, prophecy, Torah, and the afterlife.

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instanceOf Jewish theological doctrine ⓘ
Maimonidean formulation ⓘ
creed ⓘ
acceptedBy many Orthodox Jewish communities ⓘ
aimsToDefine core Jewish beliefs ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Shloshah Asar Ikkarim ⓘ
Thirteen Ikkarim ⓘ
associatedWithLiturgy Ani Maamin (I believe) ⓘ
Yigdal (hymn) ⓘ
linked to: Yigdal
authorReligiousRole Maimonides as legal codifier ⓘ
Maimonides as philosopher ⓘ
Maimonides as rabbi ⓘ
concerns God ⓘ
Torah ⓘ
afterlife ⓘ
prophecy ⓘ
discussedBy later rabbinic authorities ⓘ
medieval Jewish philosophers ⓘ
formulatedBy Maimonides ⓘ
formulatedInCentury 12th century ⓘ
foundInSection Introduction to Sanhedrin, chapter 10 (Perek Chelek) ⓘ
foundInWork Commentary on the Mishnah ⓘ
influenced Ani Maamin ⓘ
Jewish liturgy ⓘ
Yigdal ⓘ
later Jewish creeds ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotelian philosophy ⓘ
rabbinic literature ⓘ
languageOfOriginalFormulation Judeo-Arabic ⓘ
laterLanguage Hebrew ⓘ
numberOfPrinciples 13 ⓘ
principle1 Existence of God ⓘ
principle10 Divine omniscience of human deeds ⓘ
principle11 Divine reward and punishment ⓘ
principle12 Belief in the coming of the Messiah ⓘ
principle13 Resurrection of the dead ⓘ
principle2 God’s unity ⓘ
principle3 God’s incorporeality ⓘ
principle4 God’s eternity ⓘ
principle5 God alone is to be worshipped ⓘ
principle6 Reality of prophecy ⓘ
principle7 Supremacy of Moses’ prophecy ⓘ
principle8 Divine origin of the Torah ⓘ
principle9 Immutability of the Torah ⓘ
linked to: Torah from Heaven
regionOfOrigin Egypt ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
statusInJudaism subject of debate ⓘ
widely influential ⓘ
usedFor catechetical instruction ⓘ
doctrinal boundary-setting ⓘ

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Maimonides → mainWork → Thirteen Principles of Faith ⓘ
Thirteen Principles of Exegesis → distinguishedFrom → Thirteen Principles of Faith ⓘ
subject linked to: Thirteen principles of exegesis
Mashiach → isDiscussedIn → Maimonides’ Thirteen Principles of Faith ⓘ
linked to: Thirteen Principles of Faith
Commentary on the Mishnah → contains → Thirteen Principles of Faith ⓘ
Torah from Heaven → upheldBy → Thirteen Principles of Faith ⓘ
Introduction to Sanhedrin, chapter 10 (Perek Chelek) → basisFor → Maimonides’ Thirteen Principles of Faith ⓘ
linked to: Thirteen Principles of Faith
Shloshah Asar Ikkarim → alternativeName → Thirteen Principles of Faith ⓘ
Thirteen Ikkarim → alsoKnownAs → Thirteen Principles of Faith ⓘ
Yigdal → summarizes → Maimonides’ Thirteen Principles of Faith ⓘ
linked to: Thirteen Principles of Faith
Yigdal → basedOn → Thirteen Principles of Faith ⓘ
Ani Maamin → basedOn → Maimonides' Thirteen Principles of Faith ⓘ
subject linked to: Ani Maamin (I believe)
linked to: Thirteen Principles of Faith
Ani Maamin → associatedWith → Thirteen Principles of Faith ⓘ
subject linked to: Ani Maamin (I believe)