All of these are thus part of the second major doctrine of Judaism, which stands alongside monotheism and gives it more precise definition. The technical term for this doctrine is election. The creator god has found a way of restoring his world: he has chosen a people through whom he will act. Monotheism and election, together with the eschatology which they entail, form the fundamental structure of Jewish ‘basic belief’, the theological side of the worldview we studied in the previous chapter.
