Midrash
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Midrash is a noun meaning Alternative letter-case form of Midrash.
Meaning
Alternative letter-case form of Midrash.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- midrashim
- midrashot
- midrashoth
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include haggadic, aggadic, compilations, midrashist, rashi, rabbinism.
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