particularly about Scripture, are held in common by the various communities, there are, naturally, many differences on this and other questions which lead to characteristically different appropriation models. Two important terms, midrash and pesher, have been used to describe different approaches at this level and it is important to reiterate that in this study, they will be used primarily with reference to a general hermeneutical approach. It is therefore legitimate to speak, in a given instance,
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