aggadic

• “This notion of the contents of the Talmud was common in Jonson's time; it was the "aggadic" element of the Talmud, that is, the use of legend, anecdote, and parable to illustrate a point of law or a tradition or an episode in history that elicited the instant attention of Europeans.”

  Verbatim: VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol V No 3

• “He includes inappropriate analogies, construction of conceptual models and derivation of halakhic norms from philosophical or aggadic notions as such attempts.”

  Reproductive Technology, New (NRT).

• “According to the aggadic tradition, Lamech took two wives, one for sexual pleasure and the other for procreation.”

  Adah 1: Midrash and Aggadah.

• “According to the aggadic tradition, she was married to Caleb, and thereby entered the family tree of Judah.”

  Miriam: Midrash and Aggadah.

• “This aggadic tradition was meant to resolve the difficulty raised by the identification of Michal with Eglah.”

  Michal, daughter of Saul: Midrash and Aggadah.

• “The entries in the Encyclopedia collect the aggadic material on these women from the Rabbinic literature.”

  Midrash and Aggadah: Introduction and Sources.

• “Unlike similar collections in the past, here the Rabbinic approaches are cited without any inclusion of aggadic traditions from the apocryphal or Christian literatures.”

  Midrash and Aggadah: Introduction and Sources.

• “Rabbinic dicta are usually set forth in relation to Biblical verses, using the letters, words and grammar of the verse on which the aggadic tradition is based.”

  Midrash and Aggadah: Introduction and Sources.

• “One of the central characteristics of Rabbinic literature is that a single aggadic tradition recurs in different compositions.”

  Midrash and Aggadah: Introduction and Sources.

• “The entries include most of the aggadic traditions relating to each of the characters, with omissions or condensations as required by the format of the Encyclopedia.”

  Midrash and Aggadah: Introduction and Sources.

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