<P> Rabbi Moses ben Maimon , better known as Maimonides or `` The Rambam '' ( 1135 -- 1204 CE ) , lived at a time when both Christianity and Islam were developing active theologies . Jewish scholars were often asked to attest to their faith by their counterparts in other religions . The Rambam 's 13 principles of faith were formulated in his commentary on the Mishnah ( tractate Sanhedrin , chapter 10 ) . They were one of several efforts by Jewish theologians in the Middle Ages to create such a list . By the time of Maimonides , centers of Jewish learning and law were dispersed geographically . Judaism no longer had a central authority that might bestow official approval on his principles of faith . </P>
<P> Rabbi Moses ben Maimon , better known as Maimonides or `` The Rambam '' ( 1135 -- 1204 CE ) , lived at a time when both Christianity and Islam were developing active theologies . Jewish scholars were often asked to attest to their faith by their counterparts in other religions . The Rambam 's 13 principles of faith were formulated in his commentary on the Mishnah ( tractate Sanhedrin , chapter 10 ) . They were one of several efforts by Jewish theologians in the Middle Ages to create such a list . By the time of Maimonides , centers of Jewish learning and law were dispersed geographically . Judaism no longer had a central authority that might bestow official approval on his principles of faith . </P>
who put together the 13 principle beliefs in the torah
who put together the 13 principle beliefs in the torah
Rabbi Moses ben Maimon , better known as Maimonides or `` The Rambam ''
Rabbi Moses ben Maimon , better known as Maimonides or `` The Rambam ''