Midrash Shmuel Based on the Constantinople Edition of 1517 with an Introduction, Variant Readings, References and a Commentary by Berachyahu Lifshitz.

XIV+[114]+446 pp., Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, July 2009 (Hebrew)

Midrash Shmuel is the only surviving early midrash to the book of Samuel. It was first printed in Constantinople in 1517 and the latest edition is that of Solomon Buber ( Cracow, 1893). This new edition is a critical one based on the first edition with a thorough historical introduction, variant readings and a scientific commentary. This is the first midrash to be published by the Schechter Institute’s Midrash Project.