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1. an early Jewish interpretation of or commentary on a Biblical text, clarifying or expounding a point of law or developing or illustrating a moral principle.

2. (initial capital letter) a collection of such interpretations or commentaries, especially those written in the first ten centuries a.d.

noun

1. a homily on a scriptural passage derived by traditional Jewish exegetical methods and consisting usually of embellishment of the scriptural narrative

2. one of a number of collections of such homilies composed between 400 and 1200

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