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Definition of Midrashic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Midrashic
Literary usage of Midrashic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The three earliest and in several respects most important Midrashic collections
are: (1) the Mechilta, on a portion of Exodus, and embodying ..."
2. A Short Survey of the Literature of Rabbinical and Mediæval Judaism by William Oscar Emil Oesterley, George Herbert Box (1920)
"(iii) A Short Account of the Different Midrashic Works We can now proceed to
enumerate the more important Midrashic works, and to give a short account of ..."
3. The Fables of Aesop: As First Printed by William Caxton in 1484, with Those by Aesop, William Caxton, Joseph Jacobs (1889)
"The industry of Jewish scholars* has only been able to unearth about thirty fables
from the vast expanse of Talmudic and Midrashic literature. ..."
4. The Longer Commentary of R. David Ḳimḥi on the First Book of Psalms (I-X, XV by David Kimhi, Rowland George Finch, George Herbert Box (1919)
"The earliest form of Scriptural exegesis is the Midrashic. ... Midrashic elements
can already be detected in the text of Scripture itself. ..."
5. Annual Convention by Central Conference of American Rabbis (1914)
"Time was when these Midrashic works were held to be of ancient origin, largely
because of erroneous attribution of their authorship to the leading names ..."
6. Year Book of the Central Conference of American Rabbis by Central Conference of American Rabbis (1914)
"Time was when these Midrashic works were held to be of ancient origin, largely
because of erroneous attribution of their authorship to the leading names ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Midrashic Exposition.—The Talmud poetically describes. Midrash as a hammer which
wakes to shining ... 44-97 deal with Midrashic and other Jewish literature. ..."
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