Editing Jewish views on Jesus (section)

====God is not corporeal====
Maimonides' [[Jewish principles of faith|13 principles of faith]] includes the concept that God has no body and that physical concepts do not apply to him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ijs.org.au/Beliefs/default.spx|title=Principal Beliefs of Judaism|publisher=Israel & Judaism Studies|website=ijs.org.au|access-date=2016-12-08}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>  In the "[[Yigdal]]" prayer, found towards the beginning of the Jewish prayer books used in synagogues around the world, it states "He has no semblance of a body nor is He corporeal".  It is a central tenet of Judaism that God does not have any physical characteristics;<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0002_0_01141.html|title=Anthropomorphism |publisher= Jewish Virtual Library| website= jewishvirtuallibrary.org |access-date=2016-12-08}}</ref> that God's essence cannot be fathomed.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Deuteronomy|location=4:12|quote=The Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire; you heard the sound of the words, but saw no image, just a voice.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Exodus|pages=25:20|quote=... for man shall not see Me and live.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.aish.com/sp/ph/48924072.html|title=Maimonides #3 - God's Incorporeality|newspaper=aishcom|access-date=2016-12-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://torah.org/learning/ramchal-classes-fundamental-1part1|title=Chapter 1: G-D Part 1|website=torah.org|date=2 May 2007 |access-date=2016-12-08}}</ref>