Core tenet of Judaism
God is one, indivisible, and engaged with history.
The Shema is the center: Hear O Israel — the LORD is one. This God acts in time: exodus, exile, return.
Understanding it — context, not catechism: how this passage is held
The Shema is Judaism's creed in a single sentence, recited morning and evening and at the edge of death. Its oneness is exclusive — no pantheon, no rival — but also engaged: this God acts in history, makes demands, keeps promises, and can be argued with, a form of intimacy the patriarchs used freely.
From the sources — the passages this rests on; concise renderings, cited
Hear, O Israel: the LORD is our God, the LORD is one.
Deuteronomy 6:4 — the Shema
The same ground, other faiths
claims that share this one's ideas
There is no god but God.
Islam
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God is one, beyond form.
Sikhism
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God's name is Jehovah, and he is one person.
Jehovah's Witnesses
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God is One, beyond every description.
The Druze Faith
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Shiva — a point of light that is never born.
The Brahma Kumaris · figure
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Shangdi is the one God, and the idols are demons.
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
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