1988 , Elias Joseph Bickerman , The Jews in the Greek Age , Philosphers excepted, however, everyone liked to listen to mythoi — or haggadic exposition — because these tales provoked discussion.
2001 , Max Kadushin , The Rabbinic Mind , In other words, when a biblical verse is given a haggadic interpretation, the element of indeterminacy is still present.
2009 , Wolfgang Roth , Hebrew Gospel: Cracking the Code of Mark , Because haggadic activity is not restricted and regulated as halakic interpretation, "the haggadic method required only that there be a connection between a Biblical text and a haggadic idea" (120).
