Midrash

Origin

From Hebrew מִדְרָשׁ (midrásh, "Midrash"), in turn from Aramaic דרש‎.

Full definition of Midrash

Noun

1. A Rabbinic commentary on a text from the Hebrew Scripture.
2. The Rabbinic technique or tradition of such exegesis.
• 2007, Karen Armstrong, The Bible: The Biography, Atlantic 2008, p. 82:Midrash was not a purely intellectual pursuit and study was never an end in itself: it had to inspire practical action in the world.

Anagrams

• dirhams