Midrash. Now there’s a word. I’d heard of it, vaguely, but didn’t have the first idea what it meant until I read an excellent blog by Bobbie Ann Cole explaining the concept. Midrash is a Hebrew word, the concept of it being that it puts flesh on the bones of Biblical stories. I’ve always been a big fan of it, without knowing I was. Done well, it broadens and deepens the text, giving the reader the bigger picture, filling in the outlines, broadening the brushstrokes.