Thus the Venice edition of 1545, in which the midrashim to the Pentateuch and to the Five Scrolls were for the first time printed together, has on the title-page of the first part the words "Midrash Rabbot 'al Hamishah Humshei Torah" (Midrash Rabbah to the Five Books of the Torah), and on that of the second part "Midrash Hamesh Megillot Rabbeta" (Midrash Rabbah of the Five Megillot). The
, it is not necessary to point out that the Midrash Rabbah consists of 10 entirely different midrashim.
Manuscripts
Midrash Rabba published by Shapiro Brothers
On the manuscript of the Bereshit Rabbah and some of the other rabbot to the Pentateuch, see Theodor.[1] To these must be added the manuscript of Bereshit Rabbah in MSS. Orient. 40, No. 32, in the Landesbibliothek in Stuttgart. According to Solomon Schechter, there are not even six manuscripts of the rabbot to the Pentateuch and the Five Megillot in existence.[2]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Isidore Singer; J. Theodor (1901–1906). "MIDRASH HAGGADAH". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
