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Shir ha-Shirim Rabbah (Hebrew: שיר השירים רבה) is an aggadic midrash on Song of Songs, quoted by Rashi under the title "Midrash Shir ha-Shirim". [1] It is also called Aggadat Hazita, from its initial word "Hazita", [2] or Midrash Hazita. [3] [4]
Midrash Rabba or Midrash Rabbah can refer to part of or the collective whole of specific aggadic midrashim on the books of the Torah and the Five Megillot, generally having the term "Rabbah" (רבה ), meaning "great," as part of their name. These midrashim are as follows: Genesis Rabbah; Exodus Rabbah; Leviticus Rabbah; Numbers Rabbah ...
Song of Songs (Cantique des Cantiques) by Gustave Moreau, 1893 The Song of Songs (Biblical Hebrew: שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים , romanized: Šīr hašŠīrīm), also called the Canticle of Canticles or the Song of Solomon, is a biblical poem, one of the five megillot ("scrolls") in the Ketuvim ('writings'), the last section of the Tanakh.
Exodus Rabbah (tenth or eleventh and twelfth century) Leviticus Rabbah (middle seventh century) Numbers Rabbah (twelfth century) Deuteronomy Rabbah (tenth century) Shir HaShirim Rabbah (Song of Songs) (probably before the middle of ninth century) Ruth Rabbah, (probably before the middle of ninth century) Lamentations Rabbah, (seventh century).
ToseftaOnline.org – A new free English translation, commentary and edited Hebrew text of the Tosefta, as well as MP3 shiurim (lectures) and various commentaries available for free download Archived 7 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine; Full text at Mechon-Mamre Archived 11 October 2013 at Archive-It
Shir haShirim Zutta is very different in nature from Shir haShirim Rabbah.Zutta is a homiletic commentary on the whole text, and does not contain any proems; some verses are treated at length, while others are dismissed very briefly, sometimes only one word being discussed.
He cannot, however, have been Hoshaiah Rabbah, as Abraham Epstein assumes, [11] as might be inferred from Abraham ibn Daud's reference, for Hoshaiah is mentioned in the Mekhilta. [12] Abba Arikha therefore probably redacted the work, as Menahem ibn Zerah says. [ 13 ]
Thus Ruth Rabbah is one of the earlier midrashim, composed about the same time as or shortly after Shir ha-Shirim Rabbah. According to Zunz , [ 1 ] Ruth Rabbah (as well as Shir ha-Shirim Rabbah and Kohelet Rabbah ) was one of the sources of the Yelammedenu , Devarim Rabbah , Pesikta Rabbati , and Shemot Rabbah , being a medium between these ...