Conversion in Jewish Mythology

32 myths · Page 2 of 2

The tradition of welcoming converts to Judaism, from Ruth the Moabite to the teachings of the sages on righteous proselytes.
Myth 4 min

A Loaf of Bread and a Daughter Seen Too Late

A convert argues that a coat and a meal are poor rewards for crossing into the covenant. A rabbi fires back with Jacob's own bargain on a stone.

ConversionPatriarchsMidrash RabbahBereshitAkilasDina
Myth 5 min

Akiva Converted His Jailers and Smuggled the Law Past the Bars

Rome jailed Akiva to break his Torah, yet the governor's own wife walked out a Jew and a ruling slipped past the guards in a peddler's cry.

Rabbi AkivaHadrianic PersecutionMartyrdomConversionOral TorahRoman PrisonYochanan Ben Nuri