Aggadah &Medieval Commen

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The attitude of Rishonim toward aggadot Hazal, how the commentators distinguished among various types of aggadot, and how they put their theory into practice in the form of commentary on the aggadot. Among the Rishonim whose views and approaches will be studied are R. Abraham ibn Ezra, Rambam, Ramban, Rashba, and R. Menahem Hameiri. Special emphasis on the place that aggadah and its interpretation occupied in the world outlook of halakhists, philosophers, and kabbalists in the Middle Ages.