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Midrash (/ˈmɪdrɑːʃ/; Hebrew: מִדְרָשׁ; pl. מִדְרָשִׁים
midrashim or מִדְרָשׁוֹת midrashot) is an
expansive Jewish Biblical exegesis using a
rabbinic mode...
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beyond just the
literal sense. In the
version of the New Zohar, Re'iah.
Derash (דְּרַשׁ) – from
Hebrew darash: "inquire" ("s****") – the
comparative (midrashic)...
- of the two
classic methods of
Jewish biblical exegesis, the
other being Derash.
While Peshat is
commonly defined as
referring to the
surface or literal...
- was in
charge of
modernizing it. He was made a
commander of the "Fetno-
Derash" (Special Forces) and was
instrumental in
crushing the 1960 coup attempt...
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Remez (רֶמֶז lit. 'hint[s]'): the
allegoric meanings (through allusion).
Derash (דְרָשׁ from the
Hebrew darash: 'inquire' or 's****'):
midrashic (rabbinic)...
- reading; Remez, the
allegorical reading through text's hint or
allusion Derash, the
metaphorical reading through a (rabbinic sermon's) comparison/illustration...
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kinds of
Biblical exegesis:
peshat (literal meaning),
remez (allusion),
derash (anagogical), and sod (mystic). The
initial letters of
those four words...
- homilies)."
Rashi himself explained his
method as
utilizing both
peshat and
derash: "I, however, am only
concerned with the
plain sense of
Scripture (peshuto...
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explanations thus
connect the
literal meaning (peshat) to the
hidden meaning (
derash),
focusing on the
traditional Jewish sources (the Mishna, the Talmud, and...
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Jacob Neusner (Leiden: Brill,1970): 61-74
David Weiss Halivni Peshat and
Derash:
Plain and
Applied Meaning in
Rabbinic Exegesis Oxford University Press...
