Aggadah
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Aggadah
- /əˈɡɑːdə/ UK
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From Aramaic אַגָּדְתָא (ʾaggāḏ'ṯā, “tale, lore”), from Hebrew הֲגָדָה (haggāḏā).
noun Aggadahs · Aggadah · Aggadot · Aggadoth · Haggadah · Haggada
- A homiletic and non-legalistic exegetical text in the classical rabbinic literature of Judaism, particularly as recorded in the Talmud and Midrash. A parable that demonstrates a point of the Law in the Talmud. They termed them also..Agada in the Chaldee, or..Hagada in the Hebrew form, which are rendered in Philo, by the Greek ...
- Obsolete form of Haggadah (“the text recited at Seder”). The story of the delivery of Israel from Egyptian bondage is read in Hebrew by the chief of the house from a book called the agada, which is interwoven with hymns of praise and thanksgiving, and it also contains some legendary chapters entirely figurative in their sense and composition.
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noun parable that demonstrates a point of the Law in the Talmud
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title = {Aggadah},
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