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Midrash vs Talmud - What's the difference?

midrash | talmud |

As a noun Midrash

is a Rabbinic commentary on a text from the Hebrew Scripture.

As a proper noun Talmud is

a collection of Jewish writings related to the practical application of Judaic law and tradition (may refer to either the Babylonian Talmud or the shorter Jerusalem Talmud).

midrash

English

(wikipedia Midrash)

Noun

(Midrashim)
  • A Rabbinic commentary on a text from the Hebrew Scripture.
  • 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

    * English nouns with irregular plurals

    talmud

    English

    (wikipedia Talmud)

    Proper noun

    (s)
  • A collection of Jewish writings related to the practical application of Judaic law and tradition (may refer to either the Babylonian Talmud or the shorter Jerusalem Talmud).

    • Derived terms

    * Talmudic * Talmudical * Talmudist

    Proper noun

  • (l)

    • Declension

    {{sh-decl-noun-unc , Talmud , Talmuda , Talmudu , Talmud , Talmude , Talmudu , Talmudom }}

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