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You are going to get mostly conventional answers here. I would suggest, among others, trying out John Collins' The Invention of Judaism or the earlier Between Athens and Jerusalem: Jewish Identity in the Hellenistic Diaspora.
What it meant to be Jewish at the time Jesus was born is at least as complicated as what it means to be Jewish today in Israel, albeit for very different reasons. The distinguishing feature is not simply belief (there were many beliefs, even beliefs that defy the rabbinic tradition, and probably beliefs that defy the monotheistic tradition).
Also the Christian scriptures are terrible primary sources for understanding Jewish beliefs during this period, standing alone.