2 myths
Myths, legends, and mystical writings about Immortality from across Jewish tradition.
2 myths on JewishMythology.com retell how Jewish tradition imagines immortality, 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.
Serach sang Jacob the news that Joseph was alive, easing it in so the joy would not stop his heart. Jacob blessed her: that mouth would never taste death.
Eve fed the fruit to Adam, then to every animal and bird in the garden, so she would not die alone. One bird kept its beak shut.
