Definition of Aggadic

1. Adjective. (alternative form of aggadic) ¹

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the Aggadah. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aggadic

1. haggadic [adj] - See also: haggadic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aggadic

ageusiac
ageusiacs
ageusias
ageusic
ageustia
ageustias
agewise
ageyne
ageynest
ageynst
agflation
aggada
aggadah
aggadahs
aggadas
aggadic
aggadot
aggadoth
aggeneration
aggenerations
agger
agger nasi
agger perpendicularis
agger valvae venae
aggerate
aggerated
aggerates
aggerating
aggeration
aggerations

Literary usage of Aggadic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Studia Biblica Et Ecclesiastica: Essays Chiefly in Biblical and Patristic by University of Oxford (1885)
"Secondly, it is stated in the Talmud, that Galileans were wandering preachers, and excelled especially in the aggadic or homiletic interpretation of the ..."

2. Introduction to the Talmud: Historical and Literary Introduction, Legal by Moses Mielziner (1903)
"... Eretz) almost exclusively occupied with ethical teachings, but such teachings are also very abundantly contained in the Aggadic (homiletical) ..."

3. Jewish Services in Synagogue and Home by Lewis Naphtali Dembitz (1898)
"An Aggadic work of the seventh century, the Pesikta, restored from scattered fragments by the labors of Rapoport and Zunz, is written as a commentary upon ..."

4. The Prophecies of Isaiah: A New Translation with Commentary and Appendices by Thomas Kelly Cheyne (1884)
"To show how unavailing an irregular Messiah, corresponding to the irregular northern kingdom, would be to effect a permanent deliverance, the Aggadic ..."

5. Transactions of the Third International Congress for the History of Religions by Percy Stafford Allen, John de Monins Johnson (1908)
"The literary tradition of a purely Jewish character starts later, and is embodied in the Aggadic and Halachic works emanating from certain schools. ..."

6. Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary Political and by Thomas Kelly Cheyne, John Sutherland Black (1907)
"... alluding to the Rabbinic explanation of 'Ur' as = fire, with which a singular Aggadic legend is connected ; see Jewish Encyclopedia, Ici. and cp Koran, ..."

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