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Midrash
 
SYLLABICATION:Mid·rash
PRONUNCIATION:  mdräsh
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. Mid·rash·im (md-rôshm, mdrä-shm)
Any of a group of Jewish commentaries on the Hebrew Scriptures compiled between a.d. 400 and 1200 and based on exegesis, parable, and haggadic legend.
ETYMOLOGY:Hebrew midr, commentary, explanation, Midrash, from dra, to seek, study. See dr in Appendix II.
 
 
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