A collection of midrash on the entire Hebrew Scriptures (Tanakh) containing both halakhic and aggadic midrash. It was compiled by Shimon ha-Darshan in the 13th century CE and is collected from over …

(מדרשׁ) is an interpretive act, seeking the answers to religious questions (both practical and theological) by plumbing the meaning of the words of the Torah. (In the Bible, the root d-r-sh [דרשׁ] is used to …

Is Midrash Meant To Be Taken Literally? The purpose of midrash is not to explain the simple meaning of the text, nor to determine historical fact. Rather, it is to reveal hidden meanings implied in the text. As …

So, what is midrash? we have identified two major characteristics that distinguish Tannaitic Midrash from other ancient modes of exegesis. All ancient Jewish and Christian readers of the Bible sought …

The term “Midrash” (plural “Midrashim”) refers to a method and a body of works that interpret the Hebrew Scriptures. The earliest forms of Midrash began to appear around the same era as the …

There are two types of midrashim: הֲלָכָה, “law,” “rule,” “tradition,” which sought to explain more fully the Biblical law, making application of the principle of the Biblical legislation to particulars; and הֲגָדָה, …

Midrash is a genre of Jewish literature that interprets and elaborates upon biblical texts. While midrash began as an oral genre in the Second Temple period, the earliest rabbinic collections are from the …