Lamentations Rabbah - Jewish Encyclopedia Bibliography

Jewish Encyclopedia Bibliography

• Earliest editions of the Midrash Eichah in the Midrashim on the Five Megillot, Pesaro, 1519; Constantinople, 1520; in the complete editions of the Rabbot to Pent. and Megillot, Venice, 1545; Cracow, 1587; Salonica, 1594;
• Eichah Rabbati, ed. S. Buber, specially valuable for its commentary and introduction, Wilna, 1899: the text differs largely from that of previous editions in being inferior, having at times the character of another recension, whole passages being summarized in some cases; on other MSS. compare Buber, Introduction, pp. 37b et seq.;
• Zunz, G. V. pp. 179-181;
• J.L. Rapoport, Erek Millin, pp. 252 et seq.,
• Weiss, Dor Dor we-Dorshaw, iii. 262 et seq.;
• Winter and Wünsche, Die Jüdische Litteratur, i. 543-554;
• W. Bacher's work on the Haggadah. See notices of editions and commentaries in Jew. Encyc. iii. 62, s.v. Bereshit Rabbah.