Midrash | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-15

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Midrash


00:00:57 1 Etymology
00:02:19 2 Midrash as genre
00:03:28 3 Midrash as method
00:05:46 4 Jewish midrashic literature
00:06:42 4.1 Halakhic midrashim
00:07:36 4.2 Origins
00:08:23 4.3 Aggadic midrashim
00:10:08 5 Classical compilations
00:10:17 5.1 Tannaitic
00:13:21 5.2 Post-Talmudic
00:15:58 5.3 Midrash Rabbah
00:18:13 6 Contemporary Jewish midrash
00:19:00 7 Contemporary views



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Midrash (; Hebrew: מִדְרָשׁ‬; pl. Hebrew: מִדְרָשִׁים‬ midrashim) is biblical exegesis by ancient Judaic authorities, using a mode of interpretation prominent in the Talmud. The term is also used of a rabbinic work that interprets Scripture in that manner.Such works contain early interpretations and commentaries on the Written Torah and Oral Torah (spoken law and sermons), as well as non-legalistic rabbinic literature (haggadah) and occasionally Jewish religious laws (halakha), which usually form a running commentary on specific passages in the Hebrew Scripture (Tanakh)."Midrash", especially if capitalized, can refer to a specific compilation of these rabbinic writings composed between 400 and 1200 CE.According to Gary Porson and Jacob Neusner, "midrash" has three technical meanings: 1) Judaic biblical interpretation; 2) the method used in interpreting; 3) a collection of such interpretations.