Midrash

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Jewish hermeneutical method Jewish literary tradition biblical exegesis rabbinic literature

Midrash is a classical Jewish literary and interpretive tradition that explores, explains, and expands upon the Hebrew Bible through narrative, legal, and ethical teachings.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Midrash canonical 25
Midrashic literature 6
Midrash Rabbah 4

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish hermeneutical method ⓘ
Jewish literary tradition ⓘ
biblical exegesis ⓘ
rabbinic literature ⓘ
aimsTo convey ethical lessons ⓘ
derive religious law ⓘ
explain biblical texts ⓘ
resolve textual difficulties ⓘ
update scripture for new contexts ⓘ
characteristic integration of law and narrative ⓘ
multi-layered meaning ⓘ
non-literal interpretation ⓘ
developedBy rabbinic sages ⓘ
developedInPeriod Amoraic period ⓘ
Second Temple period ⓘ
Tannaitic period ⓘ
developedInRegion Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form: Babylonia

Eretz HaKodesh ⓘ
surface form: Land of Israel
etymology Hebrew root d-r-sh (to seek, inquire, interpret) ⓘ
focusesOn Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Tanakh ⓘ
hasComponent Aggadah ⓘ
surface form: Midrash Aggadah

Midrash halakha ⓘ
surface form: Midrash Halakha
hasForm allegorical interpretation ⓘ
ethical teaching ⓘ
homiletic exposition ⓘ
legal interpretation ⓘ
narrative interpretation ⓘ
includesWork Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael ⓘ
Midrash self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Midrash Rabbah

Pesikta de-Rav Kahana ⓘ
Sifra ⓘ
Sifre Bamidbar ⓘ
Sifre Devarim ⓘ
Tanchuma ⓘ
influenced Jewish mysticism ⓘ
Jewish preaching ⓘ
medieval Jewish commentary ⓘ
modern Jewish theology ⓘ
method close reading of scripture ⓘ
creative expansion of narrative ⓘ
intertextual comparison ⓘ
use of parable ⓘ
primaryLanguage Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
relatedTo Jewish homiletics ⓘ
Mishnah ⓘ
Talmud ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
usedIn Jewish education ⓘ
religious study ⓘ
synagogue sermons ⓘ

Referenced by (43)

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

Jewish ethics → drawsFrom → Midrash ⓘ
Rabbinic Judaism → hasCoreText → Midrash ⓘ
Rabbinic Judaism → hasConcept → Midrash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rabbinic hermeneutics
Rabbinic Judaism → recognizesText → Midrash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Midrash Rabbah
Midrash halakha → corpusIncludes → Midrash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael
Midrash halakha → corpusIncludes → Midrash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mekhilta de-Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai
Shekhinah → appearsIn → Midrash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rabbinic literature
Shekhinah → appearsIn → Midrash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Midrashic literature
Gematria → mentionedIn → Midrash ⓘ
Shimon bar Yochai (traditional attribution of Zohar) → mentionedIn → Midrash ⓘ
subject surface form: Shimon bar Yochai
Shaddai → mentionedIn → Midrash ⓘ
Aggadah → partOf → Midrash ⓘ
Midrash → includesWork → Midrash self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Midrash Rabbah
The Gershon Kekst Graduate School → academicDiscipline → Midrash ⓘ
Rabbi Akiva → mentionedIn → Midrash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Midrash Rabbah
Rashi → notableWork → Midrash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commentary on the Hebrew Bible
Akedah → interpretedIn → Midrash ⓘ
Masorah → distinguishedFrom → Midrash ⓘ
Rabbi → associatedWithTextualTradition → Midrash ⓘ
Sifra → category → Midrash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Midrashim on the Torah
Targums → relatedConcept → Midrash ⓘ
Jewish philosophy → drawsOn → Midrash ⓘ
tzaddik → conceptIn → Midrash ⓘ
Torah commentary of Ramban → influencedBy → Midrash ⓘ
Derashat Torat Hashem Temimah → influencedBy → Midrash ⓘ
Rabbi Nehunia ben HaKana → mentionedIn → Midrash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Midrashic literature
Jewish theology → drawsFromSource → Midrash ⓘ
Rabbinic literature → hasPart → Midrash ⓘ
Rabbinic literature → hasPart → Midrash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Midrash Rabbah
Rabbinic literature → hasPart → Midrash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mekhilta
Humash → basisFor → Midrash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Midrashic literature
Tanchuma → literaryGenre → Midrash ⓘ
Tanchuma → citationForm → Midrash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Midrash Tanchuma, Parashat [name]
Maaser (tithes) → basedOnText → Midrash ⓘ
subject surface form: Maaser
Rabbi Yohanan bar Nappaha → sourceMention → Midrash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Midrashic literature
Resh Lakish → sourceMentionedIn → Midrash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Midrashic literature
Torah study → includesStudyOf → Midrash ⓘ
the Men of the Great Assembly (in some traditions) → mentionedIn → Midrash ⓘ
subject surface form: Men of the Great Assembly
Geulah → developedIn → Midrash ⓘ
Sanhedrin at Usha → mentionedIn → Midrash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Midrashic literature
Rabbi Yose ben Halafta → fieldOfWork → Midrash ⓘ
Matan Torah → studiedIn → Midrash ⓘ
Shnei ketuvim ha-machchishim zeh et zeh → usedIn → Midrash ⓘ