So ive googled it, and still dont understand. If someone could draw a picture with crayons perhaps, what is midrash in the simplest terms? Is it like hyperbole? Im completely lost.
Hmmm, lets try here: Jewish midrash
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Christianity has its own parallels to the Talmud and Midrash in canon law. It's the "rubber meets the road" stuff.
For example, if someone who is baptized and leaves the church and becomes a Muslim, what do we do if they come back and want to rejoin Christianity? Are they baptized again? Scripture does not go into that level of detail. Scripture indicates a single baptism in Ephesians 4-6: "There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.…" So within churches that follow canon law, there might be a educational period followed by repentance and finally a confirmation of faith, or anointing with oil showing that they are accepted back as full members of the church. Other churches may say that they have to be re-baptized.
In fact, a lot of the questions Jesus gets are Talmudic in nature. "Who is my neighbor?", "Do we need to pay taxes?". While some of these were attempts to trip Him up, others were legitimate questions.
Personally, my favorite story about Hillel and Shammai, rabbis who lived just prior to Christ, is this:
One famous account in the Talmud (Shabbat 31a) tells about a gentile who wanted to convert to Judaism. This happened not infrequently, and this individual stated that he would accept Judaism only if a rabbi would teach him the entire Torah while he, the prospective convert, stood on one foot. First he went to Shammai, who, insulted by this ridiculous request, threw him out of the house. The man did not give up and went to Hillel. This gentle sage accepted the challenge, and said:
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation of this—go and study it!"
For example, if someone who is baptized and leaves the church and becomes a Muslim, what do we do if they come back and want to rejoin Christianity? Are they baptized again? Scripture does not go into that level of detail. Scripture indicates a single baptism in Ephesians 4-6: "There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.…" So within churches that follow canon law, there might be a educational period followed by repentance and finally a confirmation of faith, or anointing with oil showing that they are accepted back as full members of the church. Other churches may say that they have to be re-baptized.
In fact, a lot of the questions Jesus gets are Talmudic in nature. "Who is my neighbor?", "Do we need to pay taxes?". While some of these were attempts to trip Him up, others were legitimate questions.
Personally, my favorite story about Hillel and Shammai, rabbis who lived just prior to Christ, is this:
One famous account in the Talmud (Shabbat 31a) tells about a gentile who wanted to convert to Judaism. This happened not infrequently, and this individual stated that he would accept Judaism only if a rabbi would teach him the entire Torah while he, the prospective convert, stood on one foot. First he went to Shammai, who, insulted by this ridiculous request, threw him out of the house. The man did not give up and went to Hillel. This gentle sage accepted the challenge, and said:
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation of this—go and study it!"
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