66 myths · Page 3 of 3
Amalek came from the far south and covered sixteen hundred miles in a single night, driven by a grudge that ran back to Esau and Jacob in the womb.
When Moses's final day arrived, Devarim Rabbah says the sun refused to set and the day itself filed a complaint before God about being forced to end.
Rabbi Joshua ben Levi descended through all seven chambers of Gehinnom and returned. Solomon never went himself, but he sent his workforce there instead.
Moses faced Pharaoh, Joshua raised his javelin against a city that would not fall, Daniel walked into a furnace. What sustained all three was the same thing.
Nebuchadnezzar hoped two silly riddles would break the boy, but Ben Sira answered with Jericho, the ark, and a king left strangely instructed.
Joshua went to war for people who had deceived him, and God rewarded his integrity by freezing the sun in the sky until the battle was won.
