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Messianic Thirteen Principles of Faith
David Baron

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by Jorge Quiñónez
Messianic Jewish version of Maimonides’ “Thirteen
Principles or Articles of Faith” in Hebrew
Around 1913, Joseph Immanuel Landsman wrote a Hebrew Messianic
Jewish version of the Maimonides “Thirteen Principles or Articles of
Faith,” that is now standard in the siddur (Jewish prayer-book).1 Its
Hebrew title is Ikarei Emunatenu Hakedosha (Hebrew for “The
Principles of Our Holy Faith”). The Landsman piece is a pastiche or
parody (depending how you look at it; imitation is the best form of
flattery as they say) of the Rambam’s original.
It is virtually unknown to modern Messianic Jews. The version in the
pdf file includes a nearly century-old English translation by David
Baron from The Scattered Nation (1914) and the Hebrew original of
Landsman’s “Thirteen Principles” with a Yiddish translation at the
bottom of each page. At the end, it includes a transcription I made
of the Hebrew part only to print out a legible copy.
Such liturgy today among Messianic Jews is uncommon. Most
Messianic Jews today for various reasons prefer to employ the
simplified versions of the traditional siddur.
Jorge
1
Maimonides is is also known as the Rambam, which is an acronym for Rabbi
Moshe Ben-Maimon. He lived in the 12th Century and is among the most
important Sephardic rabbis who has lived due to his literary works: specifically his
philosophical and legal writings.

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