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Aggadah

UK/əˈɡɑːdə/

Aggadah noun: 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. Also the obsolete form of Haggadah.

Noun

Aggadah (plural Aggadahs or Aggadah or Aggadot or Aggadoth)

  1. 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 ...1725, Edward Chandler, Anthony Collins, “Of the Allegorick or other Methods of citing Scripture, used by the Writers of the New Testament.”, in A defence of Christianity from the prophecies of the...

Also used as

Aggadah is also the obsolete form of Haggadah.

Forms of Aggadah

pluralAggadahs
pluralAggadah
pluralAggadot
pluralAggadoth
alternative formHaggadah
alternative formHaggada

Origin of Aggadah

From Aramaic אַגָּדְתָא (ʾaggāḏ'ṯā, “tale, lore”), from Hebrew הֲגָדָה (haggāḏā).

Questions about Aggadah

What does Aggadah mean?
Aggadah means 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.
What part of speech is Aggadah?
Aggadah is a noun.
How do you pronounce Aggadah?
Aggadah is pronounced /əˈɡɑːdə/ (UK).
What is the plural of Aggadah?
The plural of Aggadah is Aggadahs.

Words near Aggadah in the dictionary

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  6. Aggadah
  7. Aggadahs
  8. aggadic
  9. Aggadist
  10. Aggadists
  11. Aggadot

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