Midrash Iyyob (
Hebrew
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: מדרש איוב) or Midrash to Job is an
aggadic midrash
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that is no longer extant.
Contents
Explicit reference to the source Midrash Iyyob are found in relation to Job 1:14, to Job 1:6, to Job 1:1 and 4:12, to Job 7:9, to Job 2:1
and to Job 4:10. In addition, the quotes found in the Yalkut Makiri to
Psalms
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The book is an anthology of B ...
61:7 and 146:4 with the source-reference "Midrash" and referring to Job 3:2 and 38:1 may be taken from Midrash Iyyob, as may be many passages in the Job commentaries of
Samuel b. Nissim Masnuth and
Isaac b. Solomon. The extracts and quotations from Midrash Iyyob have been collected by Wertheimer.
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Origin
cite an opinion attributing ''Midrash Iyyov'' to the
amora Hoshaiah Rabbah
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Biography
He was closely ...
(3rd century), although this dating is uncertain.
References
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Edinburgh
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Aggadic Midrashim