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Midrash Jonah is the
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Contents In the editions the work consists of two parts.
The second part, in which the story of Jonah is allegorically referred to the soul, beginning with the words "Vayomer Adonai la-dag," is reprinted in
The first part, the midrash proper, is found also in
Bavli
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Date and Authorship Jellinek assumes that the first part of the Midrash Jonah was compiled subsequently to
which dates from a later time, chapter 10 of PdRE was also included.) It concludes with the exposition of some verses—Deuteronomy 4:31, Micah 7:8, and others.
References
^ i. 102 et seq.
^ compare ib. p. xx.
^ In the Sammlung Kleiner Midraschim (Berlin, 1881)
^ part 2, §§ 550-551
^ ed. Stettin, ib. § 8
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