Prophetic text
Nistarot R. Shimon ben Yohai
Anonymous post-rabbinic work; named biblical or rabbinic speakers are literary attributions
Portrays Ishmael's kingdom as deliverance from Edom and interprets Isaiah 21:7 and Zechariah 9:9 together; not collapsed into the differently framed Prayer of Shimon.
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Edition and location
John C. Reeves English translation; stated base: Jellinek, Bet ha-Midrasch 3:78–82, reproducing Salonika 1743 version
Opening cave revelation and rider-of-ass/camel interpretation