Peshat (also P'shat, פשט‎) is one of the two classic methods of Jewish biblical exegesis, the other being Derash. While Peshat is commonly defined as referring...

Hebrew acronym formed from the initials of the following four approaches: Peshat (פְּשָׁט‎) – "surface" ("straight") or the literal (direct) meaning. Remez...

Pesach, Shavuot, and Hanukkah. The majority of the essays address the peshat or simple understanding of the Biblical text (written law) and attempt to...

portion of his writing is dedicated to making distinctions between the peshat, or plain and literal meaning of the text, and the aggadah or rabbinic interpretation...

("Scripturalists") accept only the Hebrew Bible and what they view as the Peshat ("simple" meaning); they do not accept non-biblical writings as authoritative...

on the Bible; most common and prominent are medieval commentaries in the peshat tradition Numerous editions of the Mikraot Gedolot have been and continue...

Targum Onkelos as an exposition of the "official" interpretation of the peshat (or basic meaning) of the Torah as received by rabbis Eliezer ben Hurcanus...

which in his opinion are indispensable to the exegete:[citation needed] The peshat, the "plain" meaning of the text in its own right. The midrash or the aggadic...

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hairsplitting. Authors referred to their own commentaries as "al derekh ha-peshat" (by the simple method) to contrast them with pilpul. Among Sephardi and...

erred in their understanding of the original context. In Halivni's books Peshat and Derash and Revelation Restored, he attempts to harmonize biblical criticism...

studied on any of four levels as described in the Zohar:[citation needed] Peshat, the plain (simple) or literal reading; Remez, the allegorical reading through...

approach mysticism. In his commentary on the Song of Solomon, he calls peshaִt (literal explanation) and sod (mystical interpretation) the two opposite...

Babylonian schools. The Babylonian Amoraim were the first to use the expression "Peshaṭ" ("simple" or face value method) to designate the primary sense, contrasting...

interpretation of the Torah strives to adhere to the plain or most obvious meaning (peshat) of the text; this is not necessarily the literal meaning of the text—instead...

literalist chronology Book of Nepos Demythologization Parallelomania Pardes Peshat Young Earth creationism "Literalism". Dictionary.com. Retrieved August 9...

Christians have used the term to mean the larger or whole teaching of scripture. Peshat "Sensus plenior". reclaimingthemind.org. 21 July 2012. Archived from the...

talionis, ethical Judaism and humane Jewish jurisprudence replaces the peshat (literal meaning) of the written Torah. Pasachoff and Littman point to the...

interpretation, and associates it with the four kinds of Biblical exegesis: peshat (literal meaning), remez (allusion), derash (anagogical), and sod (mystic)...

Talmudic commentators occupied themselves only with the plain meaning ("peshaṭ") of the text; but after the beginning of the twelfth century the spirit...

jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved May 22, 2019. Mordechai Z. Cohen, The Rule of Peshat: Jewish Constructions of the Plain Sense of Scripture and Their Christian...

of much of midrashic interpretation has been distinguished from that of peshat, straight or direct interpretation aiming at the original literal meaning...

Jacob". Encyclopaedia Judaica. 9: 673–675. Mordechai Z. Cohen, The Rule of Peshat: Jewish Constructions of the Plain Sense of Scripture and Their Christian...

throughout Qimḥi's grammatical works. His method is mostly that of the peshaṭ, i.e., literal interpretation. He frequently follows the Spanish school...

adherents to their movement. Maskilim valued and adapted his emphasis on peshat over pilpul, his engagement with and mastery of Hebrew grammar and Bible...

commentary on the Torah is renowned for its stress on the plain meaning (peshat) of the text. He sometimes disputes his grandfather's interpretation and...

Encyclopedia.com Joseoph ben Eliezer Bonfils Lockshin, M.I. (2009). Lonely Man of Peshat. Jewish Quarterly Review 99(2), 291–300. doi:10.1353/jqr.0.0041. v t e v...

ibn Ezra and David Kimhi, from whom he shared their sense of "derek ha peshat" (an exegesis which prefers a literalist historicalism above allegorical...

halakhic view that the day begins at sundown. However, Rashbam takes a peshat (plain sense) approach, as he does throughout his commentary, reading the...

influential Jewish exegete of all time. He is the preeminent expounder of Peshat. Rashi wrote, "I, however, am only concerned with the plain sense of Scripture...