Etymology

Aggadah

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Today it 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. Full definition →

First used 17th c.Aramaic אַגָּדְתָא ← Hebrew הֲגָדָה
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromהֲגָדָה
  2. Aramaic · derived fromאַגָּדְתָא“tale, lore”
  3. English todayAggadah

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

First known use, by meaning

  • from 17th c. 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.

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