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1 Enoch 85:4
Ecclesiastes Rabbah 3:20
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Ecclesiastes Rabbah 7:23
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Psalm 104:4
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Ecclesiastes Rabbah 10:1
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Summary
Date: 700-950 C.E.
Kohelet Rabbah is a midrash on Ecclesiastes with verse-by-verse interpretations, compiled between the 6th and 8th centuries. The work mostly presents material from earlier sources, including Bereishit Rabbah, Pesiḳta d’Rav Kahana, Eikhah Rabbah, Vayiḳra Rabbah, Shir haShirim Rabbah, and the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds. Ecclesiastes is interpreted in the midrash as a religious allegory. Verses that celebrate the joy of eating and drinking, for example, are read as metaphors for learning Torah and performing mitzvot. The English text is The Sefaria Midrash Rabbah (2022), translated by Joshua Schreier under managing editor Jason Rappoport, and used under a CC BY license.
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