2 texts
Arrogance in Jewish mythology is documented here through 2 source passages from 1 distinct source names represented in this theme. The strongest clusters come from Rabbinic Midrash (2), with frequent witnesses in Yalkut Shimoni on Torah (2). These texts preserve how Jewish writers, sages, and mystics described arrogance across biblical interpretation, rabbinic storytelling, medieval compilation, and kabbalistic teaching.
This page is a topic hub, not a single article. Use it to compare how different Jewish sources treat arrogance: where the theme appears in narrative, how it changes across source families, which figures or symbols recur, and which passages are most useful for citation. Representative entries include Nadab and Abihu Eye the Deaths of Moses and Aaron on the Mountain and The Arrogant Are Judged by Fire and Israel Comforted by It. For synthesized anthology narratives, start with Nimrod Wore Adam's Coat and Called Himself a God and Sodom Had a Legal System and the Laws Were Torture.
Divine Judgment (1), Fire (1), Moses (1), and Sinai (1)
When God summoned Moses, Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu up the mountain, the sages noticed the order of the procession and read a secret into it. Moses and Aaron walked ahead, and the two...
For more than a century, the rabbis say, the fire clung to the altar without ever consuming it. The wood did not burn away, the copper did not melt, and any moisture that gathered ...
