Pirkei De-Rabbi Eliezer
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Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: פִּרְקֵי דְּרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר, romanized: pirqe də-rabbi ʾeliʿezer, 'Chapters of Rabbi Eliezer'; abbreviated פדר״א, 'PdRE') is an aggadic-midrashic work on the Torah containing exegesis and retellings of biblical stories.
The composition has enjoyed widespread circulation and recognition ever since its composition. It is quoted by rishonim under various names, including Pirkei Rabbi Eliezer ha-Gadol,[1] Pirkei Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus,[2] Baraita de-Rabbi Eliezer[3] and Haggadah de-Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus.[4]
Traditionally, it is ascribed to the tanna Eliezer ben Hurcanus and his disciples. Leopold Zunz has suggested that the book has had interpolations made to copies owned by private citizens in the 8th century.[5] Isaak Jost first noticed the inclusion of 8th century interpolations. According to Jewish Encyclopedia it was composed in Italy shortly after 830.[6] Scholars unanimously agree that Pirke de-Rabbi Eliezer is a work of the 8th or 9th century.[7][8][9] The earliest citation of it is in a fragment from Pirqoi ben Baboi.[10]