haggadic

English

Adjective

haggadic (comparative more haggadic, superlative most haggadic)

1. Alternative form of aggadic
   • 1988, Elias Joseph Bickerman, The Jews in the Greek Age, page 190:

     Philosophers excepted, however, everyone liked to listen to mythoi—or haggadic exposition—because these tales provoked discussion.

   • 2001, Max Kadushin, The Rabbinic Mind, page 132:

     In other words, when a biblical verse is given a haggadic interpretation, the element of indeterminacy is still present.

   • 2009, Wolfgang Roth, Hebrew Gospel: Cracking the Code of Mark, page 103:

     Because haggadic activity is not restricted and regulated as halakic interpretation, "the haggadic method required only that there be a connection between a Biblical text and a haggadic idea" (120).