Midrash

The term "midrash" refers to the deep textual interpretation of the Bible, with every word examined for meaning. ❋ By ELISSA GOOTMAN (2011)

Furthermore, although compilations of Rabbinical exegeses of the books of the Bible are usually called midrash (e.g. Midrash Gen. Rabbah), some are also called aggadah or haggadah (e.g. Aggadat Shir ha-Shirim, Haggadat Tehillim [i.e., ❋ Unknown (2009)

As midrash, that is, as a form of exegesis of scriptural text, to Leviticus 18: 3, this passage thus invokes the authority of scripture for its discourse on female homoeroticism; it links marriage between two women to the practices of the Canaanites and Egyptians, which this verse and numerous others explicitly forbid, as well as to a number of other sexual/marital connections explicitly or implicitly forbidden in scripture ❋ Unknown (2009)

In addition to making leaps from "not historical research as we know it" to what he calls "midrash" in the next paragraph, and from there to "myth," a key problem is that apparently he hasn't read in detail sources like the first-century Jewish historian Josephus. ❋ James F. McGrath (2010)

But I do wish you'd mention specific sources so that I know whether you are using terms like "midrash" in their narrow sense or in a more vague way that has become increasingly common in recent years. ❋ James F. McGrath (2010)

It wasn't until I discovered interpretive methods such as midrash and its pesher subset that I began to appreciate what the NT writers were actually doing with OT texts. ❋ James F. McGrath (2009)

In this guest essay, retired Baptist minister Howard Bess cites the Hebrew concept of "midrash," how to bring the word of God to everyday experiences, as he examines the challenge of applying Jesus's principles -- of advocating peace on earth and railing against greedy elites -- to today's problems: ❋ Unknown (2010)

Robert Price said it very eloquently: "Not only do the Gospels contain basic and irreconcilable differences in their accounts of Jesus, they have been put together according to a traditional Jewish practice known as "midrash", which involved reworking and enlarging on scripture. ❋ James F. McGrath (2008)

Recently, this midrash made me think about a monumental sculpture called "The Spirit of Haida Gwaii," which was created by the late Canadian Haida artist Bill Reid. ❋ Rabbi Lawrence Troster (2011)

A quick survey of my friends shows that many of them are quoting the midrash about the death of the Egyptians at the Red Sea, when the angels are chastised for celebrating the death of God's creatures. ❋ Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster (2011)

There may be some conflicting idea around in the midrash. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Here is a great rabbinic midrash from around the second century C.E. on collective responsibility: ❋ Rabbi Lawrence Troster (2011)

One midrash teaches that Moses shattered the first tablets as a reminder of that notion. ❋ Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater (2011)

Shmitah and yovel are so important that the ancient midrash Pesikta Rabbati records they are among the seven commandments that illuminate the world. ❋ Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson (2011)

How very different from an ancient midrash to the effect that at time of the destruction of the first Temple, young priests seeing the Temple in flames ascended to the top of the walls surrounding the Temple, acknowledged their failure to be worthy custodians and in a gesture of contrition, threw the keys to the Temple skyward, cried out to God in defeat and resignation, "Here, You take these!" ❋ Rabbi Barry A. Kenter (2011)

We formed a Diversity Alliance which planned the first GLBT beis midrash [community forum] ... ❋ Unknown (2010)