Jewish Concepts: The Thirteen Articles of Maimonides

1. The existence of God;

2. His unity;

3. His spirituality;

4. His eternity;

5. God alone the object of worship;

6. Revelation through his prophets;

7. The preeminence of Moses among the Prophets;

8. God's law given on Mount Sinai;

9. The immutability of the Torah as God's Law;

10. God's foreknowledge of men's actions;

11. Retribution;

12. The coming of the Messiah;

13. Resurrection.

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