midrash

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Midrash
    n 1: (Judaism) an ancient commentary on part of the Hebrew
         scriptures that is based on Jewish methods of
         interpretation and attached to the biblical text

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Midrash \Mid*rash"\, n.; pl. {Midrashim}, {Midrashoth}. [Heb.,
   explanation.]
   A talmudic exposition of the Hebrew law, or of some part of
   it.
   [1913 Webster]

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