Meaning of Aggadah | Babel Free

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A homiletic and non-legalistic exegetical text in the classical rabbinic literature of Judaism, particularly as recorded in the Talmud and Midrash. A parable that demonstrates a point of the Law in the Talmud.

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“They termed them also..Agada in the Chaldee, or..Hagada in the Hebrew form⟳, which are rendered in Philo, by the Greek ...”

“The story of the delivery of Israel from Egyptian bondage is read⟳ in Hebrew by the chief of the house from a book called the agada, which is interwoven with hymns of praise⟳ and thanksgiving, and it also contains some legendary chapters entirely figurative in their sense⟳ and composition.”

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