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  2. Aggadah - Wikipedia

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    Aggadah (Hebrew: אַגָּדָה, romanized: Aggāḏā, or הַגָּדָה Haggāḏā; Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אֲגַדְתָּא, romanized: Aggāḏṯā; 'tales', 'fairytale', 'lore') is the non-legalistic exegesis which appears in the classical rabbinic literature of Judaism, particularly the Talmud and Midrash. In general, Aggadah ...

  3. Midrash Shmuel (aggadah) - Wikipedia

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    The midrash is divided into 32 chapters. Chapters 1-24 cover I Samuel, and chapters 25-32 cover II Samuel.. The midrash contains aggadic interpretations and homilies on the books of Samuel, each homily being prefaced and introduced by a verse taken from some other book of the Bible.

  4. Midrash - Wikipedia

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    Midrash is increasingly seen as a literary and cultural construction, responsive to literary means of analysis. [47] Frank Kermode has written that midrash is an imaginative way of "updating, enhancing, augmenting, explaining, and justifying the sacred text". Because the Tanakh came to be seen as unintelligible or even offensive, midrash could ...

  5. Jonah Frankel - Wikipedia

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    Darkhei Ha-Aggadah VeHa-Midrash (The Ways of the Midrash and the Aggadah), a two volume set, is an encyclopedic guide to the study of Midrash and Aggadah in broader Jewish culture. [5] Time and its role in the aggadic story (Jewish civilization university series) Jonah Frankel Death Notice Poster

  6. Midrash halakha - Wikipedia

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    The phrase "Midrash halakha" was first employed by Nachman Krochmal, [6] the Talmudic expression being Midrash Torah = "investigation of the Torah". [7] These interpretations were often regarded as corresponding to the real meaning of the scriptural texts; thus it was held that a correct elucidation of the Torah carried with it the proof of the halakha and the reason for its existence.

  7. Genesis Rabbah - Wikipedia

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    It is characteristic of the midrash to view the personages and conditions of the Bible in the light of the contemporary history of the time. Though the stories embraced in Genesis furnish little occasion for comments on legal topics , Genesis Rabbah contains a few short sentences and quotations taken from the Mishnah and other sources.

  8. Midrash Tehillim - Wikipedia

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    Aggadic collections on the Psalms were made at a very early time, and are mentioned several times in the Talmudim and in Genesis Rabbah. [11] But it cannot possibly be assumed that the aggadah collections on the Psalms are identical with the present Midrash Tehillim, since the latter contains many elements of later date.

  9. Ruth Rabbah - Wikipedia

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    Thus Ruth Rabbah is one of the earlier midrashim, composed about the same time as or shortly after Shir ha-Shirim Rabbah. According to Zunz , [ 1 ] Ruth Rabbah (as well as Shir ha-Shirim Rabbah and Kohelet Rabbah ) was one of the sources of the Yelammedenu , Devarim Rabbah , Pesikta Rabbati , and Shemot Rabbah , being a medium between these ...