Since the Middle Ages, the establishment of the basic tenets (Hebr. ikkarim) of the Jewish faith – which also and especially took place in contention with Christian dogmatics – has been the concern of Jewish scholars. Early modern and modern attempts to formulate principles of faith were influenced both by the 13 medieval tenets of faith established by Maimonides (Guide for the Perplexed) and by Moses Mendelssohn’s dictum to the effect that Judaism is not cha…