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Midrashim

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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(Hebrew: midrash from darash, to search out)

Ancient rabbinical commentaries on the Hebrew scriptures. There are two kinds: the Halachic, which dealt with ritual and legal matters; and the Hagadic, which covered historical traditions and folk-lore. They are an invaluable source of information to the Christian apologist, the biblical student, as well as the general scholar.

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Entry for 'Midrashim'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​m/midrashim.html. 1910.
 
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