Prophetic text
Tefillat R. Shimon ben Yohai
Anonymous; rabbinic speakers are literary attributions, not verified authorship
Frames an eschatological revelation with an imperial persecution/exorcism story and explicit questions about messianic timing, exile-gathering and subsequent wars; related Secrets work is separately transmitted.
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Edition and location
John C. Reeves English translation on UNC Charlotte faculty site; Jellinek, Bet ha-Midrasch 4:117–126; Reeves identifies later Even-Shmuel and Bernard Lewis studies
Opening narrative and prayer asking the timing of Davidic Messiah and ingathering