Darshan (Judaism)
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A darshan (Hebrew: דַּרְשָׁן) or baal darshan (Hebrew: בַּעַל־דַּרְשָׁן) is a Jewish scriptural interpreter. Since the Middle Ages, it has referred to a professional sermonizer more broadly. The title was given to Abtalion and Shemaiah in the 1st century BCE.
Since the 1990s, some branches of non-Orthodox Judaism have ordained lay leaders and chaplains as darshanim.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ↑ Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred, eds. (2007). "Darshan". Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.
- ↑ Gries, Zeev (2008). "Preachers and Preaching". In Hundert, Gershon (ed.). YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Translated by Green, Jeffrey. New Haven: Yale University Press.
- ↑ Pesachim 70b.
Further reading
- Marc Saperstein (1992), Jewish Preaching, 1200-1800: An Anthology, yale university press. ISBN 978-0300052633
- Marc Saperstein (2014), Your Voice Like a Ram's Horn: Themes and Texts in Traditional Jewish Preaching, Hebrew Union College Press. ISBN 978-0878200931
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