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Midrash
Judaism
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“Midhrāsh”
Midrash, Hebrew Midhrāsh (“exposition, investigation”) plural Midrashim, a mode of biblical interpretation prominent in the Talmudic literature. The term is also used to refer to a separate body of commentaries on Scripture that use this interpretative mode. See Talmud and Midrash.
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Judaism: Myth and legend in the Talmud and Midrash
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Talmud and Midrash
Talmud and Midrash , commentative and interpretative writings that hold a place in the Jewish religious tradition second only to the Bible (Old Testament).… -
Judaism: Myth and legend in the Talmud and MidrashToward the end of the 1st centuryce , the canon of the Hebrew Bible was formed when certain Hebrew writings were recognized as the authoritative corpus of divine revelation. The study of the Bible became an essential element of the Jewish… -
biblical literature: The Hellenistic periodin the Targumim and Midrashim (plural of Targum and Midrash). Among the former, special interest attaches to the early Palestinian Pentateuch Targum; it preserves, for example, messianic (referring to the expected anointed deliverer) exegesis of certain passages to which later rabbis gave a different interpretation because of the Christians’…
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