I think Black for summary. Blue for commentary cross referencing Midrash, Talmud, and Tanakh. Green for comments that are much less grounded, i.e., this is sexist, or silly. And Red for citations--something sorely lacking in early books.
Silly question to want help with. But I am rereading Midrash Rabbah this year and making sure to get the bits I missed last year. Now that I have a better grasp of what's in there, I will be taking notes. I use black, blue, red, & green ink. What should I use each for?
Adam & Eve were not the first humans. According to Talmud, Midrash Tehillim, & other Jewish writings 974 generations preceded them & were destroyed by God for their wickedness. This is one explanation for who Cain married in Genesis 4.17; she was of the previous generations
![974 generations were to have been created before the creation of the world, but they were snatched away. God then planted a few of them in each [subsequent] generation, and they are the brazen, arrogant ones of that generation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:d2dog7qrhd4e6ddscgleicun/bafkreibqm2xgwjni2cqe76kl3a2hi3i4hvm7xbu3zaigq2cqkaokmpjfeu@jpeg)
Brian Rohr reads from his new book of poems SHAKEN TO MY BONES: A POETIC MIDRASH ON THE TORAH. www.youtube.com/watc... 1/2
Los midrashim son comentarios rabínicos de la Torá, no muy leídos, me temo, en el Israel actual. Véase este midrash de Rav Huna (que cita Vidal-Naquet): "Dios siempre está del lado del perseguido. Puede hallarse un caso en que un justo persigue a un justo, y Dios está del lado del perseguido; 1/2
If midrash is Torah fanfic, does that make the Talmud the Torah version of ao3?
Who knows. I already have a whole Talmud to read before I get into weird messianic subsect midrash. 😝
Eu tô lendo mais de um tempo pra cá. Meu companheiro tem sido o livro de Josué. Depois eu vou atrás da midrash e da kabalah. Usar em possíveis histórias minhas.