Meaning of haggadic | Babel Free

Definitions

Adjective. [B2]

Examples

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

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

“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).”

“This idea does not mean that all Jewish Haggadic elements are absent from Christian literature.”

“Another way to make this point is to say that while the disaster of the Exodus from Egypt could be turned by the Jews into Haggadic truth, that of the Holocaust cannot.”

“As in Haggadic method of interpretation, Jesus used these aesthetic elements such as characters, narrative forms and familiar scenes in order to capture and maintain the attention of his hearers.”

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