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Aggadah (Hebrew: אַגָּדָה, romanized: Aggāḏā, or הַגָּדָה Haggāḏā;
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אֲגַדְתָּא, romanized: Aggāḏṯā; 'tales', 'legend', 'lore')...
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consist of
different expositions of the same
Biblical verse, by
different aggadists,
strung together in
various ways, but
always arranged so that the last...
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Moshe haDarshan (circa
early 11th century) (Hebrew: משה הדרשן, trans. "Moses the preacher") was
chief of the
yeshiva of Narbonne, and
perhaps the founder...
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prepared by pagans. Late in life he
moved to Babylonia. He was a
famous aggadist, and the
calculation of 613
Mitzvot is
attributed to him.
According to...
- בר אבא) was a
Jewish amora of the 5th generation, one of the
foremost aggadists of his time. He was a
pupil of Ḥuna bar Abin, from whom he
transmits halakhic...
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Aranka ****er, poet and scholar,
daughter of
Bernat ****er, a
renowned '
Aggadist,
Islamic scholar and folklorist.
Peter Nemenyi was born in Berlin, to which...
- the Jordan], even on a semiholiday". He was one of the most
prolific aggadists.
Midrash Tehillim has, erroneously, been
ascribed to him.
Sherira Gaon...
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charity in
secret (Ketubot 67b). He is
important as a halakhist. As an
aggadist, he
selected chiefly Psalm verses for his texts. סנהדרין יז ב (in Hebrew)...
- 17 laws by R. Judah, and the
Baraita about 40; he was also a
prolific aggadist. He was a
member of the Bnei
Bathyra family. He must have
lived before...
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outside historical sources, but
whose piety and
honesty afforded the
aggadists opportunities for
legends and
religious speculations. He is said to have...
