Explicit reference to the source Midrash Iyyob are found in relation to Job 1:14,[1]to Job 1:6,[2]to Job 1:1 and 4:12,[3]to Job 7:9,[4]to Job 2:1 [?],[5]and to Job 4:10.[6]In addition, the quotes found in the Yalkut Makiri toPsalms61:7 and 146:4 with the source-reference "Midrash" and referring to Job 3:2 and 38:1 may be taken from Midrash Iyyob, as may be many passages in the Job commentaries ofSamuel b. Nissim Masnuth[7]andIsaac b. Solomon.[8]The extracts and quotations from Midrash Iyyob have been collected by Wertheimer.[9]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Singer, Isidore;et al., eds. (1901–1906)."Midrash Haggadah".The Jewish Encyclopedia.New York: Funk & Wagnalls.