Midrash Aseret ha-Dibrot

Midrash ha - Aseret Dibrot, German: Midrash of the Ten Commandments is incurred under 600 Jewish writing, no actual Midrash, but a collection of Jewish and other stories that illustrate the Ten Commandments in an often curiously, the connection with the original commandments is often only weakly.

There are many different editions and edits. It is probably the oldest collection of Hebrew stories (apart from the alphabet of Ben Sira ).

Literature (selection )

  • Winter Wishes, The Jewish literature, 1892 ff, Vol I.

Weblinks (selection)

  • Jewish Encyclopedia
  • Midrash
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