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I'm told the Kabbalistic explanation is that a convert is a Jewish soul born into a non-Jewish body looking for its way home. Nu. If it works for you, fine. If it doesn't, that's fine too. …

Maimonides' Thirteen Principles of Faith attempted to boil them down. The existence of G-d. G-d's unity and indivisibility into elements. G-d's spirituality and incorporeality. G-d's eternity. G-d a …

Good question, and a difficult one. There are many different interpretations of some Talmudic quotes about this. Here's a lecture entitled "The Theology of Shidduchim."

The kabbalistic explanation of a convert is in fact a Jewish soul that was born into a non-Jewish body, hence it goes searching for its roots. … I'm not aware of anyone discussing a non-Jewish soul reincarnated as a Jew (unless this version of the non-Jew was in fact originally a Jewish soul). …

By the way, generally a "Talmudist" means someone who studies the Talmud; the rabbis who wrote the Talmud are known as The Sages, Hazal (an acronym for "our sages of blessed memory"), or the Tannaim ( …