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A Popular Dictionary of Judaism

PESHAT

The literal meaning of a text. Peshat is frequently set in contrast with *derash, the symbolic interpretation. This distinction was used by *Rashi in his *Bible commentaries.

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Peshat from A Popular Dictionary of Judaism. ISBN: 0-203-98620-2. Published: 2005–05–04. ©2009 Taylor and Francis. All rights reserved.



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