Meaning of Midrash | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A Rabbinic commentary on a text from the Hebrew Scripture.
2. Alternative letter-case form of Midrash.
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3. The Rabbinic technique or tradition of such exegesis.

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Examples

“In other stories of the midrashim, Adam, in penance for his fall⟳, abstains from sexuality for 130 years, but he is not able to control⟳ his nocturnal emissions; in his dream⟳ state female spirits, the succubae, come⟳ and have⟳ intercourse with him, and with Adam's seed they give⟳ birth to demons.”

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

“You could call⟳ the Gospels a midrash on the Hebrew Bible, the lives of the saints a midrash on the Christ story, the Koran a midrash on all of the above.”

“Northrop Frye called the novel “a kind of ‘midrash’ on the book of Job,” one that reimagines the opaque nature of divine justice as a labyrinthine modern bureaucracy.”

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