Midrash is a genre of Jewish Biblical exegesis, including Talmudic texts that use the classical rabbinic mode of homiletical interpretation. The word itself means "textual interpretation", "study", or
Exegesis is a critical explanation or interpretation of a text. The term is traditionally applied to the interpretation of Biblical works. In modern usage, exegesis can involve critical interpretation
Midrash
…Midrash (; Hebrew: מִדְרָשׁ; pl. מִדְרָשִׁים midrashim or מִדְרָשׁוֹת midrashot) is a genre of Jewish Biblical exegesis, including Talmudic texts that use the classical rabbinic mode of homiletical interpretation (derash). The word itself means "textual interpretation…
An English-language Bible open to the Book of Isaiah
Strauss's study of philosophy and political discourses produced by the Islamic civilization—especially those of Al-Farabi (shown here) and Maimonides—was instrumental in the development of his theory of reading.