Midrishei Kohelet: Kohelet Rabbah ch. 7-12, Kohelet Zuta ch. 7-9

Critical Edition Based on Manuscripts and Geniza Fragments with an Introduction, References, Variant Readings and Commentary

by Reuven Kiperwasser

184, 419 pp., hardcover, in Hebrew

ISBN 978-965-7105-77-1

The Midrash Project of the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem 2021

Midrash Kohelet Rabbah was edited in Eretz Yisrael in the 6th or 7th century. It reflects the struggle of the Sages to understand one of the most challenging books of the Bible. It contains a wealth of Rabbinic thought about life and death, joy and sorrow. This is the first critical edition of this Midrash, which includes variant readings, an introduction and a commentary, along with the text of Kohelet Zuta.