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[from 'The History of the Jews' by Paul Johnson, in 29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / d. Heaven ]

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 Reference

Johnson,Paul: 'A History of the Jews' [Phoenix 1993], p.190


A Reaction

I'm tempted to convert to Judaism.