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Full Idea
Pious Jews saw heaven as a vast library, with the Archangel Metatron as the librarian: the books in the shelves there pressed themselves together to make room for a newcomer.
Gist of Idea
Pious Jews saw heaven as a vast library
Source
Paul Johnson (The History of the Jews [1987], Pt III)
Book Ref
Johnson,Paul: 'A History of the Jews' [Phoenix 1993], p.190
A Reaction
I'm tempted to convert to Judaism.