1 contents of midrash 1.1 name , scope 1.2 angelology 1.3 records of midrash abkir contents of midrash name , scope midrash abkir derived name formula אבכיר = אמן בימינו כן יהי רצון these homilies closed, according testimony of r. eleazar of worms in manuscript commentary on prayer-book, , according codex of a. de rossi. possible these religious discourses arranged in order of sedarim of genesis , exodus, beginnings of sedarim being gen. i. 1, ii. 4, iii. 22, vi. 9, xii. 1, xvii. 1, xviii. 1, xxii. 1, xxvii. 1, xliv. 18; ex. iii. 1, xvi. 4, , xxv. 1, belong excerpts in yalḳ., gen. 4, 17, 34, 50, 63, 81, 82, 96, 120, 150, , in yalḳ., ex. 169, 258, , 361. if may assumed in these homilies of midrash abkir expositions not confined first verses, fact passages not connected beginning of seder need cause no surprise. angelology the language of midrash pure hebrew, while contents , discussions recall works of later haggadic period. in pirḳe rabbi eli ezer, angels mentioned (comp. excerpts in y...