Mekhilta de-Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai

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Mekhilta de-Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai is an early rabbinic midrash on the book of Exodus, traditionally attributed to the tanna Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and valued for its halakhic and aggadic interpretations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish religious text
aggadic midrash
halakhic midrash
rabbinic midrash
associatedGenre classical rabbinic literature
associatedWith Tannaim NERFINISHED
canonicalStatus non-biblical rabbinic text
contains homiletical interpretations
legal interpretations
rabbinic sayings
field rabbinic literature
focusesOn aggadic interpretation
halakhic interpretation
hasTitle Mekhilta de-Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai NERFINISHED
influenced later Jewish exegesis
language Hebrew
literaryGenre midrash
namedAfter Shimon bar Yochai NERFINISHED
partOf corpus of halakhic midrashim
period Tannaitic era
primaryTheme covenant and law at Sinai
interpretation of commandments in Exodus
relatedWork Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael NERFINISHED
religiousCommunity Rabbinic Judaism NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Judaism
religiousUse interpretation of Exodus
study of Torah
scripturalBookCommentedOn Book of Exodus NERFINISHED
subject Jewish law
biblical exegesis
rabbinic theology
timeOfComposition Late antiquity
traditionalAttribution Shimon bar Yochai NERFINISHED
transmittedAs rabbinic tradition
typeOfCommentary verse-by-verse commentary on Exodus
usesMethod midrashic hermeneutics
rabbinic legal reasoning
valuedFor aggadic material
halakhic material

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