| Description | Handwritten copy of the front page of the book 'Yalkut ha'Makiri'. This was an anthology of Aggadic Midrashim written by the rabbi Machir ben Abba Mari, about whom little is known. Most scholars attribute this work to the 14th century, however Gaster, who attached great importance to this work, was of the opinion that it was compiled in the 12th century, apparently in Spain and assumed that the author of part two of the Yalkut Shimoni, who according to Gaster lived in the 14th century in Spain, made use of the Yalkut (ha-) Makhiri, abridging and summarizing it. This theory has, however, been disproved by A. Epstein. |