The Rule of PeshatAn exploration of the theoretical underpinnings of the philological method of Jewish Bible interpretation known as peshat Within the rich tradition of Jewish biblical interpretation, few concepts are as vital as peshat, often rendered as the "plain sense" of Scripture. Generally contrasted with midrashthe creative and at times fanciful mode of reading put forth by the rabbis of Late Antiquitypeshat came to connote the systematic, philological