- Aggadah
- noun, plural (Aggadot) Etymology: Hebrew haggādhāh Date: 1856 ancient Jewish lore forming especially the nonlegal part of the Talmud
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Aggadah — Not to be confused with Haggadah of Pesach. Rabbinic Literature Talmudic literature Mishnah • Tosefta Jerusalem Talmud • Babylonian Talmud Minor tractates Halakhic Midrash Mekhilta de Rabbi Yishmael (Exodus) Mekhilta de Rabbi Shimon (Exodus)… … Wikipedia
AGGADAH or HAGGADAH — (Heb. הַגָּדָה, אַגָּדָה; narrative ), one of the two primary components of rabbinic tradition, the other being halakhah, usually translated as Jewish Law (see: kadushin , The Rabbinic Mind, 59f.). The term aggadah itself is notoriously difficult … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Aggadah — Aggada Littérature rabbinique Littérature de Hazal Mishna • Tossefta Guemara • Talmud Talmud de Jérusalem Talmud de Babylone Traités mineurs Baraïta Midrash Halakha Baraïta de Rabbi Ishmaël Mekhilta deRabbi Ish … Wikipédia en Français
Aggadah — Aggadic, aggadic /euh gad ik, euh gah dik/, adj. Seph. Heb. /ah gah dah /; Ashk. Heb. /euh gah deuh/, n. the nonlegal or narrative material, as parables, maxims, or anecdotes, in the Talmud and other rabbinical literature, serving either to… … Universalium
Aggadah — noun The homiletic and non legalistic exegetical texts in the classical rabbinic literature of Judaism, particularly as recorded in the Talmud and Midrash. See Also: aggadic … Wiktionary
Aggadah — Ag•ga•dah [[t]əˈgɑ də[/t]] also haggadah n. jud (often l.c.) the nonlegal or narrative material, as parables, maxims, or anecdotes, in the Talmud and other rabbinical literature • Etymology: 1880–85; < Heb haggādhāh, der. of higgīdh to narrate … From formal English to slang
Aggadah — Aggadic, aggadic /euh gad ik, euh gah dik/, adj. Seph. Heb. /ah gah dah /; Ashk. Heb. /euh gah deuh/, n. the nonlegal or narrative material, as parables, maxims, or anecdotes, in the Talmud and other rabbinical literature, serving either to… … Useful english dictionary
Midrash Shmuel (aggadah) — Not to be confused with Midrash Shmuel Yeshiva. Rabbinic Literature Talmudic literature Mishnah • Tosefta Jerusalem Talmud • Babylonian Talmud Minor tractates Halakhic Midrash Mekhilta de Rabbi Yishmael (Exodus) Mekhilta de Rabbi Shimon (Exodus)… … Wikipedia
LITERATURE, JEWISH — Literature on Jewish themes and in languages regarded as Jewish has been written continuously for the past 3,000 years. What the term Jewish literature encompasses, however, demands definition, since Jews have lived in so many countries and have… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KABBALAH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction general notes terms used for kabbalah the historical development of the kabbalah the early beginnings of mysticism and esotericism apocalyptic esotericism and merkabah… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
