Midrash, Rabbinic Literature in the Hebrew Union College Library

	Midrash "Midrash" in general refers to commentary on the Bible. Often though, it is used to describe particular collections of midrash written from the 2nd to the 10th century, with a few later works as well. The midrash include commentaries, interpretations, stories that illustrate biblical passages and sermons.
Below is a list of most of the Aggadic Midrash by period. You'll notice that "Midrash Rabbah" is not listed. In the 1500's, collections of midrash on the Torah and then later including midrash on other parts of the Tanakh were published together as "Midrash Rabbah" (i.e. Genesis Rabbah, Exodus Rabbah, Leviticus Rabbah, etc.)
Early Period (Amoraic) 400-640
	Genesis Rabbah Eichah (Lamentations) Rabbah Pesikta de-Rav Kahana Esther Rabbah Midrash Iyyov (Job) Leviticus Rabbah Midrash Tanhuma
Middle Period 640-1000
	Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) Rabbah Canticles (Songs) Rabbah Devarim Rabbah Devarim Zutta Midrash Samuel Midrash Proverbs Ruth Rabbah Baraita of Samuel Targum sheni (on Esther) Ruth Zuta Eichah Zuta Midrash Tehillim Midrash Hashkem Exodus Rabbah Canticles Zutta
Late Period (1000-1200)
	Midrash Tadshe Sefer ha-Yashar Numbers Rabbah
Period of Anthologies (1200-1550)
	Yalkut Shimoni Yalkut Makiri Midrash ha-Gadol Midrash Jonah Smaller midrashim
Finding Midrash on the shelf Most individual works of midrash are shelved in BM 517. Collections of aggada (from the midrash and/or Talmud) are in BM 516 (including Sefer ha-Agadah and Ein Yaakov) Other translated collections are in BM 512 Books about Midrash are in BM 514 Halakhah in the Midrash are in BM 515 Finding Midrash in the catalog Remember that your local librarian is there to help! Finding Midrash online Bar Ilan Responsa Project Includes the Hebrew texts of the Tanakh, Talmuds, early commentaries, and many responsa http://www.responsa.co.il/ More options are available to HUC students and faculty by accessing the Responsa Project through the Jewish Studies Portal The Legends of the Jews / by Louis Ginzberg http://philologos.org/__eb-lotj/ Seforim Online Many older rabbinic works are available in PDF form on this site. http://www.seforimonline.org/seforim.html PIRQE RABBI ELIEZER electronic text editing project / Lewis M. Barth, editor http://www.usc.edu/projects/pre-project/

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