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Midrash

[ UK /mˈɪdɹæʃ/ ]
NOUN
  1. (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
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