Pirke de-Rabbi Eliezer — Narrative Midrash of Origins
פרקי דרבי אליעזר
Author: Attribué à Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrqanos (rédaction VIIe–VIIIe siècle)
Date: c. VIIe siècle
Preservation: Manuscrits médiévaux dans diverses collections européennes
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Pirke de-Rabbi Eliezer is a 54-chapter narrative midrash tracing biblical history from Creation through the wilderness period. Actually composed in 7th-century Palestine, it is the source of many famous aggadot and influenced later Jewish literature and medieval Christian iconography.
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Pirke de-Rabbi Eliezer is a 54-chapter narrative midrash tracing biblical history from Creation through the wilderness period. Actually composed in 7th-century Palestine, it is the source of many famous aggadot and influenced later Jewish literature and medieval Christian iconography.