Midrash halakha

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Jewish legal exegesis genre of rabbinic literature

Midrash halakha is a genre of rabbinic literature that derives and interprets Jewish legal rulings from the biblical text.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Halakhic Midrashim	3
Midrash Halakha	3
Midrash	1
Sanhedrin tradition	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish legal exegesis ⓘ genre of rabbinic literature ⓘ
aim	derivation of legal rulings ⓘ harmonization of biblical law and rabbinic law ⓘ interpretation of commandments ⓘ
appliesTo	Halakha ⓘ surface form: Jewish law civil law in Judaism ⓘ criminal law in Judaism ⓘ family law in Judaism ⓘ ritual law ⓘ
associatedWith	Tannaim ⓘ
basedOn	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Torah ⓘ
contrastedWith	Aggadah ⓘ surface form: Midrash aggadah
corpusIncludes	Midrash ⓘ surface form: Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael Midrash ⓘ surface form: Mekhilta de-Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai Sifra ⓘ Book of Numbers ⓘ surface form: Sifre Bamidbar Sifre Devarim ⓘ Sifre Zuta ⓘ
developedInPeriod	Tannaitic period ⓘ
field	halakha ⓘ
focus	biblical commandments ⓘ legal material ⓘ mitzvot ⓘ
historicalContext	post-Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
influenced	Talmudic halakha ⓘ later halakhic codes ⓘ
language	Aramaic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
methodologicalTool	middot shehaTorah nidreshet bahen ⓘ
preservedIn	manuscripts ⓘ printed editions ⓘ
primarilyOn	Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ surface form: Deuteronomy Book of Exodus ⓘ surface form: Exodus Book of Leviticus ⓘ surface form: Leviticus Numbers ⓘ
relatedConcept	Mishnah ⓘ surface form: Oral Torah Talmud ⓘ surface form: Torah she-be-al peh
religiousTradition	Judaism ⓘ
timeframe	1st century CE ⓘ 2nd century CE ⓘ 3rd century CE ⓘ
tradition	Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
usedBy	halakhic authorities ⓘ rabbinic sages ⓘ
usesMethod	biblical exegesis ⓘ hermeneutic rules ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rabbi Akiva → associatedWithText → Midrash halakha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Midrash Halakha

Kashrut → basedOnText → Midrash halakha ⓘ

Tannaim → coreText → Midrash halakha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Halakhic Midrashim

Halakha → derivedFrom → Midrash halakha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Midrash

Midrash → hasComponent → Midrash halakha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Midrash Halakha

Rabbinic Judaism → hasConcept → Midrash halakha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sanhedrin tradition

Rabbinic Judaism → recognizesText → Midrash halakha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Halakhic Midrashim

Mishnah → relatedWork → Midrash halakha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Midrash Halakha

Tannaitic period → significantWork → Midrash halakha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Halakhic Midrashim