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- proper noun The
homiletic and non-legalistic exegetical texts in theclassical rabbinic literature ofJudaism , particularly as recorded in theTalmud andMidrash .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The word Aggadah comes from the Hebrew root N-G-D meaning "to tell" or "to narrate."
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The word Aggadah comes from the Hebrew root N-G-D meaning "to tell" or "to narrate."
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She was named Zilpah after the place where her father had been taken prisoner (Midrash Aggadah, ed. Buber, Gen. 30: 2).
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She dispatched Deborah to bring him (cited by Rashi on Gen. 35: 8, in the name of R. Moses Darshan; see also Midrash Aggadah [ed. Buber], Gen. 35: 8).
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Mahalath, daughter of Ishmael: Midrash and Aggadah
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Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab: Midrash and Aggadah
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She studied halakhic works as well as Midrash, Aggadah and ultimately Kabbalah, resisting marriage in order to continue her studies.
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"Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab: Midrash and Aggadah."
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Our treatment of these exegeses is unique and differs markedly from previous works (e.g. Louis Ginzberg, Legends of the Jews; Hayyim N. Bialik and Yehoshua H. Rawnitzki, Sefer ha-Aggadah [The Book of Legends]; James L. Kugel, Traditions of the Bible) in its focus on the Biblical characters themselves, and not on the plot of the Biblical narratives.
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"Gomer, daughter of Diblaim: Midrash and Aggadah."
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