2 myths
Myths, legends, and mystical writings about Day of Judgment from across Jewish tradition.
2 myths on JewishMythology.com retell how Jewish tradition imagines day of judgment, drawn from the Hebrew Bible, Midrash, Talmud, Kabbalah, and later Jewish literature. Each story below synthesizes primary sources into a single narrative; follow any myth to read it, and from there into the source passages behind it.
An angel lifts Levi past a sea hung in the sky and the sealed vaults where snow, hail, and fire wait for judgment, up to the Throne itself.
A man kills in an empty field and trusts the dark, but the heavenly tablets record every deed and the sword and fire are already coming.
