2 myths
Acts of courage and self-sacrifice in Jewish legend, from the Maccabees to the righteous who risked everything for God and Torah.
2 myths on JewishMythology.com retell how Jewish tradition imagines heroism, 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.
When word of Holofernes spread across Judea, every city fell silent. The priests fasted and the people wept, terrified the Temple would burn next.
Judah named his shame in the gate while Tamar waited for fire. That public mouth taught Reuben how to confess, and the blessing said he would live.
