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NOUN
- (Judaism) an ancient commentary on part of the Hebrew scriptures that is based on Jewish methods of interpretation and attached to the biblical text
How To Use Midrash In A Sentence
- Although the Midrash does not openly state it, it is asking the same question as the Talmud did above.
- As Judaism, except in Jerusalem, had, properly speaking, no clergy, the first comer stood up, gave the lessons of the day (parasha and haphtara), and added thereto a midrash, or entirely personal commentary, in which he expressed his own ideas. [ The Life of Jesus
- There are various Midrashim that have the Hebrew letters vigorously competing for attention by calling out to God.
- Midrashim are those called homiletical, or Hagadic, which embrace the interpretation, illustration, or expansion, in a moralizing or edifying manner, of the non-legal portions of the Hebrew Bible. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman
- According to another exegetic tradition, she told him: “I am one of those women who receives her gifts the hard way, like Sarah and the other righteous women” (Midrash Samuel 2: 11). Hannah: Midrash and Aggadah.
- Midrash Mishle, on Proverbs; (11) Yalqut Shimeoni, a kind of catena extending over all the Hebrew Scriptures. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman
- The Midrash describes for us the origin of God's blueprint for the world as follows.
- According to the midrash, Rebekah is buried in Kiriath-Arba, which is so named because of the four [arba] matriarchs buried there: Eve, Sarah, Rebekah and Leah (Gen. Rabbah 58: 4). Rebekah: Midrash and Aggadah.
- Some early Jewish, albeit postbiblical, sources deconstruct the general picture: “Four women exercised government in the world: Jezebel and Athaliah from Israel, Semiramis and Vashti from the [gentile] nations” (in a Jewish Midrash for the Book of Esther, Esther Rabbah). Jezebel: Bible.
- But I do wish you'd mention specific sources so that I know whether you are using terms like "midrash" in their narrow sense or in a more vague way that has become increasingly common in recent years. The Kingdom of God