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‖ Midrash|ˈmɪdræʃ|
Also 7 med-, midrasch. pl. midrashim |mɪˈdrɑːʃiːm|.
[Heb. midrash ‘commentary’ (2 Chron. xxiv. 27, Revised Version 1884), f. root drš to investigate, search.]
An ancient Jewish homiletic commentary on some portion of the Hebrew scriptures, in which free use was made of allegorical interpretation and legendary illustration. Also, the mode of treatment characteristic of this class of commentaries.
1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 192 Mardochæus (saith their Medrasch) sucked the breasts of Hester. 1625T. Godwin Moses & Aaron (1641) 28 The Disputer. He insisted upon allegories, and searched out mysticall interpretations of the Text. Hence himselfe was tearmed Darschan, and his exposition, or homily, Midrasch. 1878Schiller-Szinessy in Academy 28 Dec. 606/1 It [the Yalqut] saved a goodly number of the smaller Midrashim..from perishing altogether. 1879Farrar St. Paul (1883) 501 A happy Rabbinic midrash on the non-muzzling of the ox that treadeth out the corn.
Hence Miˈdrashic a., of or pertaining to the Midrashim; of the nature of midrash.
1874Deutsch Rem. 403 Midrashic literature. |