Dear Milhouse,
The most accepted view of how to treat statements of Chazzal is Ramban Al HaTorah. The Ibn Ezra openly refutes midrashim & piyutim. The Ramban allows that. The Ramban objects when it appears that Rav Avraham is intelligent for doing so.(i. e. It seems he knows better than the medrash. As opposed to simply being unaware what the medrash could mean. Of course the Ibn Ezra was exceedingly humble about these things. But not every casual reader is aware of that.)
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