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JUDAISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What do Jews believe about God?
A
There is one God
B
God is a Holy Trinity
C
Jesus is the Son of God
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Jews traditionally believe in a monotheistic conception of God (God is only one), which is both transcendent (wholly independent of, and removed from, the material universe) and immanent (involved in the material universe).

Detailed explanation-2: -Omnipresent-God is everywhere at all times. Transcendent-God is not limited in ways that humans are, eg he is beyond the constraints of time and space. Immanent-God is present in the world and sustains it. Eternal-God has always and will always exist.

Detailed explanation-3: -Some Orthodox Jews, called Haredi Jews, read the creation story in Genesis literally, which means that they believe that God created the world and everything exactly as the story describes. Other Jews see the account in Genesis as an allegory .

Detailed explanation-4: -Also abbreviated Jah, the most common name of God in the Hebrew Bible is the Tetragrammaton, , that is usually transcribed as YHWH. Hebrew script is an abjad, so that the letters in the name are normally consonants, usually expanded as Yahweh in English.

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