What does midrash mean?
Midrash means Alternative letter-case form of Midrash..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative letter-case form of Midrash..
You could call the Gospels a midrash on the Hebrew Bible, the lives of the saints a midrash on the Christ story, the Koran a midrash on all of the above.
Northrop Frye called the novel “a kind of ‘midrash’ on the book of Job,” one that reimagines the opaque nature of divine justice as a labyrinthine modern bureaucracy.
Use midrash when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Midrash means Alternative letter-case form of Midrash..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
You could call the Gospels a midrash on the Hebrew Bible, the lives of the saints a midrash on the Christ story, the Koran a midrash on all of the above.
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