(Hebrew: “exegesis”) A term routinely used to convey three distinct, if related, meanings. In common use, the word Midrash may refer to: 1   a distinctive process or method of interpretation, 2   a compilation of the...

(Hebrew. ‘Interpretation’). The interpretation and explanation of Biblical texts. *Aggadic midrashim derive moral principles or explain theological ideas from the text while *halakhic midrashim explain Biblical law. Various rules were...

A Midrash compilation in which a rabbi, Tanhuma, is often cited; a collection of such Midrash exegeses, covering the whole of the Pentateuch, was printed under the title Midrash Tanhuma by Salomon Buber in 1885. The earliest of the included text...

A collection of *aggadic *midrashim. The Tanhuma contains many midrashim attributed to the 4th century Rabbi Tanhuma bar Abba, but since it also contains anti-*Karaite material, the collection cannot be dated before the 9th Century. It is also known as...

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