Midrash
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hebrew מִדְרָשׁ (midrásh, “Midrash”), in turn from Aramaic דרש.
Noun[edit]
Midrash (plural Midrashim)
- A Rabbinic commentary on a text from the Hebrew Scripture.
- The Rabbinic technique or tradition of such exegesis.
- 2007, Karen Armstrong, The Bible: The Biography, Atlantic 2008, p. 82:
- Midrash was not a purely intellectual pursuit and study was never an end in itself: it had to inspire practical action in the world.
- 2007, Karen Armstrong, The Bible: The Biography, Atlantic 2008, p. 82:
