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The Rabbinic technique or tradition of such exegesis

Midrash was not a purely intellectual pursuit and study was never an end in itself: it had to inspire practical action in the world.

A Rabbinic commentary on a text from the Hebrew Scripture
In Judaism, a large collection of writings that examine the Hebrew Bible in the light of oral tradition. Midrashic activity reached its height in the 2nd century AD with the schools of Ishmael ben Elisha and Akiba ben Joseph. The Midrashim are divided into two groups: Halakhah, which clarify legal issues; and Haggadah, nonlegal writings intended simply to enlighten. The Midrashim are extensively quoted in the Talmud
{i} verse by verse commentary and exposition by Jewish scholars on the Hebrew Scriptures
'Search'; rabbinical commentary on the scriptures and oral law 'Search'; rabbinical commentary on the scriptures and oral law
A genre of rabbinic literature constituting an anthology of homilies and sermons, based upon biblical exegesis dating from the 7th or 8th century AD until about the 12th century
A talmudic exposition of the Hebrew law, or of some part of it
literally "study", but more accurately "interpretation" Bible commentary which examines the meaning of unclear passages, inconsistancies, discontinuities, etc They sometimes take the form of stories or retellings and elaborations of the stories at hand
Often people use the word "midrash" to mean a post-biblical story that "fills in" some "missing" aspect of a biblical story or embellishes it A more technical definition of traditional midrash might be: a teaching, legal or homiletic, that is derived through the word-play between the teacher's words and one, or usually more, biblical texts
From the Hebrew "to interpret, to explain," the halakhic or haggadic traditions transmitted as an explanation or commentary on a biblical verse There are separate volumes of midrashim for each of the biblical books
Exegetical materials attached to the (Hebrew) Scriptures, written and preserved by the scribes Study of the Midrash has generally confirmed the Gospels' picture of first-century Judaism
an interpretation; a story that fills in gaps in the Torah narrative, or answers questions about the narrative; (when capitalized) any of several volumes of such stories compiled by rabbis of the Talmudic era
in Rabbinic Judaism, a running exposition and ever-evolving commentary upon the Hebrew scriptures, i e , the Tanakh
rabbinic tales and explanations of the Torah
(mid-RAHSH) A genre of literature consisting of imaginative exposi-tion of and stories based upon holy scriptures
The Midrash is the second major body of the oral Torah (after the Talmud), consisting of halachic or homiletic material couched as linguistic analyses of the Biblical text An individual text of midrashic material is also called a Midrash
The method by which the ancient Rabbis investigated Scripture in order to make it yield laws and teachings not apparent in a surface reading The word Midrash comes from the root darash, ‘to enquire’, ‘to investigate’ (cf Jacobs, 1995, p 345) The Jewish application of midrash was and remains flexible, playful, and multivalent, and conclude imaginative interpretations designed to delight the fancy as well as to instruct (Werblowsky & Wigoder, 1997, p 463) Compare to pardes and peshat
a collection of stories and parables that fills in gaps or responds to difficulties found in the biblical narrative

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Midrash Rabbah
collection of commentaries on the Five Books of Moses and the Five Scrolls
Talmud and Midrash
Talmud and Talmudic clarification of the Jewish law (Oral Laws and legends)