Midrashicadj.
/mɪˈdraʃɪk/, /mɪˈdrʌʃɪk/, U.S. /mɪdˈrɑʃɪk/ Judaism.
Of or relating to a Midrash or Midrashim; of the nature of Midrash; resembling a Midrash.
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Midrashic1863
1863 E. O. M. Deutsch in Dict. of Bible III. 1665/1 The advantage to which even the minimum that has survived may some day be put by the student of Midrashic literature.
1927 J. Warschauer Hist. Life Christ 18 Nothing came more easy to the midrashic fancy of the age than to credit Herod with the design to take the life of the infant Jesus.
1962 Observer 27 May 28/3 By virtue of a lectureship in Midrashic studies, the alien cultures met smoothly for him at Oxford.
1988 Lit. & Theol. 2 178 Four principal methods of text interpretation were to be found in Israel... Literalist, Midrashic, Pesher and Allegorical Interpretation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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