Books in Jewish Mythology

2 myths

Each story names the sources it was written from.

Myth 7 min

Ezra Drank Fire and Restored 94 Sacred Books

The law had burned with Jerusalem. The tablets were gone. Ezra asked for forty days before heaven took him, and five men who could write fast.

EzraRevelationBooksTorahApocrypha
Myth 5 min

Emden Refused to Swallow Kabbalah With Its Lees

His finger stopped on a Spanish word for synagogue. The Aramaic had been a river he trusted. He copied the word twice, and the second line cut the paper.

EmdenZoharKabbalahEsnogaMoshe De LeonRashbiDiscernmentMitpachat SefarimBooksWarning