Editing Creed (section)

===Jewish ''Shema Yisrael''===
{{See also|Jewish principles of faith}}

[[Rabbi]] [[Milton Steinberg]] wrote that "By its nature Judaism is averse to formal creeds which of necessity limit and restrain thought"<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last1=Steinberg|first1=Milton|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iBu5Tpc4DtcC&q=Judaism+has+never+arrived+at+a+creed|title=Basic Judaism|last2=World|first2=Harcourt, Brace &|date=1947|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|isbn=978-0-15-610698-6|pages=35|language=en}}</ref> and asserted in his book ''Basic Judaism'' (1947) that "Judaism has never arrived at a creed."<ref name=":0" /> The 1976 Centenary Platform of the [[Central Conference of American Rabbis]], an organization of [[Reform Judaism|Reform]] rabbis, agrees that "Judaism emphasizes action rather than creed as the primary expression of a religious life."<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Tenets of Reform Judaism|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-tenets-of-reform-judaism|access-date=2020-11-19|website=www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org}}</ref>

Still, the opening lines of the prayer [[Shema Yisrael]] can be read as a creedal statement of strict [[monotheism]]: "Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One" ({{langx|he|שמע ישראל אדני אלהינו אדני אחד}}; [[Romanization of Hebrew|transliterated]] ''Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad'').<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shema - Judaism 101 (JewFAQ) |url=https://www.jewfaq.org/prayers_shema |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=www.jewfaq.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Shema |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-shema |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Opening of the Shema Prayer Explained |url=https://www.brandeis.edu/jewish-experience/holidays-religious-traditions/2022/may/shema-explained-kimelman.html |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=www.brandeis.edu |language=en}}</ref>

A notable statement of [[Jewish principles of faith]] was drawn up by [[Maimonides]] as his [[13 principles of faith|13 Principles of Faith]].<ref>"Maimonides' Principles: The Fundamentals of Jewish Faith", in ''The Aryeh Kaplan Anthology, Volume I'', Mesorah Publications, 1994</ref>