Rabbinize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To interpret from the perspective of rabbinic teaching; to make consistent with rabbinic lore.

    "This issue is far from simple, given the later rabbinic tendency to 'rabbinize' earlier Jewish history, and particularly Jewish heroes from as far back as biblical times."

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"This issue is far from simple, given the later rabbinic tendency to 'rabbinize' earlier Jewish history, and particularly Jewish heroes from as far back as biblical times."

Etymology

From rabbi + -n- + -ize.

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