Genres of Jewish sacred and ethical literature, including midrash, musar literature, responsa and the Haggadah. A genre belongs here when its cited article places it in Jewish scripture, interpretation, law or ethical teaching. The group sits within the Religious and Devotional Writing subcategory of the genre roster and gathers the genres of this kind that the atlas already records, so that a reader can browse related genres together and compare how each one is defined.
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Midrash (Wikipedia)
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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).
Musar literature - Wikipedia
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Musar literature is Jewish ethical and didactic literature which describes virtues and vices and the path towards character improvement.
Responsa - Wikipedia
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Responsa (plural of Latin responsum, 'answer') comprise a body of written decisions and rulings given by legal scholars in response to questions addressed to them.
Haggadah - Wikipedia
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The Haggadah (Hebrew: הַגָּדָה, "telling"; plural: Haggadot) is a foundational Jewish text that sets forth the order of the Passover Seder.
Graded numerical sequence (Wikipedia)
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A graded numerical sequence or numerical proverb, sometimes called an n/n+1 saying or numerical heightening, is a literary form employed in the Hebrew Bible.
Kinnot - Wikipedia
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In the Hebrew Bible, the term kinah or qinah refers to a dirge or lament.
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