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MIDRASH (midrashim)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Midrash mean?
• MIDRASH (noun)
The noun MIDRASH has 1 sense:
1. (Judaism) an ancient commentary on part of the Hebrew scriptures that is based on Jewish methods of interpretation and attached to the biblical text
Familiarity information: MIDRASH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Judaism) an ancient commentary on part of the Hebrew scriptures that is based on Jewish methods of interpretation and attached to the biblical text
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Midrash" is a kind of...):
comment; commentary (a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material)
Domain category:
Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)
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