EstherRabbah (Hebrew: אסתר רבה) is a midrash to the Book of Esther. From its plan and scope, it is apparently an incomplete collection of the rich aggadic...
Genesis Rabbah (Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה, romanized: Bərēšīṯ Rabbā) is a religious text from Judaism's classical period, probably written between 300...
Rabbah Deuteronomy Rabbah Song of Songs Midrash Ruth RabbahEstherRabbah Lamentations Rabbah Ecclesiastes Rabbah The designation "Rabbah" was first applied...
sidra" indicates the end of sections in earlier editions of Ruth Rabbah and EstherRabbah. The commentary to 3:12 having been lost, so is the phrase "first...
the Jewish commentary EstherRabbah and the Christian theologian Bar Hebraeus, as well as the Greek Septuagint translation of Esther, instead identify Ahasuerus...
was probably redacted sometime in the fifth century. Ecclesiastes RabbahEstherRabbah A wealth of literature and artwork has been created in the 20th and...
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". It is...
Exodus Rabbah (Hebrew: שמות רבה, Shemot Rabbah) is the midrash to Exodus. Exodus Rabbah is almost purely aggadic in character. It contains 52 sections...
Leviticus Rabbah, Vayikrah Rabbah, or Wayiqra Rabbah is a homiletic midrash to the Biblical book of Leviticus (Vayikrah in Hebrew). It is referred to by...
I shall be able to swallow them as fish which swallow one another" (EstherRabbah 7; Targum Sheni 3). Haman had 365 counselors, but the advice of none...
https://www.sefaria.org/Esther_Rabbah%2C_Petichta.7?lang=bi instead.) Note that the source referenced here ('EstherRabbah') is considered to be a Midrashic...
Numbers Rabbah (or Bamidbar Rabbah in Hebrew) is a religious text holy to classical Judaism. It is a midrash comprising a collection of ancient rabbinical...
his son, Artaxerxes I. The Septuagint, the Vulgate, the Midrash of EstherRabbah, I, 3 and the Josippon identify him as Artaxerxes. Many historians and...
"Das Buch Esther," Berlin, 1891, Ger. transl.). Yosippon (beginning of 10th century; see Zunz, "G. V." pp. 264 et seq.). Midrash Rabbah to Esther (probably...
Deuteronomy Rabbah (Hebrew: דברים רבה) is an aggadah or homiletic commentary on the Book of Deuteronomy. It does not contain running commentaries on the...
words." For commentaries on and editions of Ruth Rabbah, see Eichah Rabbah, EstherRabbah, and Kohelet Rabbah. G. V. ed. Brüll, p. 277, Frankfort-on-the-Main...
ethnogenesis of the Romanian nation. In the Jewish homiletical works, such as EstherRabbah, Trajan is described with the epitaph "may his bones be crushed" (Hebrew:...
Seder Olam Rabbah (Hebrew: סדר עולם רבה, "The Great Order of the World") is a 2nd-century CE Hebrew language chronology detailing the dates of biblical...
Maimonides' Introduction to Mishneh Torah, the barayata were compiled by Hoshaiah Rabbah and Bar Kappara, although no other compilation was passed down that was...
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