Sentences with phrase «midrash haggadah»

That type which was more homiletical and devotional, intended to strengthen conviction, and to aid the understanding of the Jewish heritage, was called midrash haggadah (lit.

This form of proclamation came naturally to Jewish minds accustomed to the free development of midrash haggadah.

«narration», for it achieved its aim very often by telling a story).9 Since the Semitic mind was quite unaccustomed to our kind of philosophical and abstract thought, midrash haggadah fulfilled a very important function in Jewish education.