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Midrash (/ˈmɪdrɑːʃ/; Hebrew: מִדְרָשׁ; pl. מִדְרָשִׁים
midrashim or מִדְרָשׁוֹת midrashot) is
expansive Jewish Biblical exegesis using a
rabbinic mode...
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Aggadic Midrashim, generally, are
explanatory aggadah,
deriving the "sermonic implications" from the
biblical text. The
Halakhic Midrashim derive the...
- A
number of
midrashim exist which are
smaller in size, and
generally later in date, than
those dealt with in the
articles Midrash Haggadah and Midrash...
- of the
first sort are the
halakhic midrashim. This name they
receive to
distinguish them from the
haggadic midrashim,
since they
contain halakhot for the...
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earthly presence of God. Yet this
immanent presence enjoys the
ambiguity of
midrashim; it is
never outrightly characterized as "Godlike," as in ontologically...
- A
demon is a
malevolent supernatural entity. Historically,
belief in demons, or
stories about demons,
occurs in folklore, mythology, religion, and literature;...
- more
specific sense of "Rabbinic literature"—referring to the Talmudim,
Midrashim (Hebrew: מדרש), and
related writings, but
hardly ever to
later texts—is...
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various later additions.
Jellinek thinks that
there were
several aggadic midrashim to Song of Songs, each of
which interpreted the book differently, one...
- with the
other books of the
Hebrew Bible as well as with
Talmudic and
Midrashim writings. The
Quran mentions the Zabur,
interpreted as
being the Book...
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Rabbah can
refer to part of or the
collective whole of
specific aggadic midrashim on the
books of the
Torah and the Five Megillot,
generally having the...
