Includes the text of a document reconstructed from manuscripts found in the Cairo Genizah and from fragments of the Dead Sea scrolls and given the presumed title "Midrash on the eschatological Torah," taken from the final words of the text.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-391) and indexes.

Preliminary Material / B.Z. Wacholder -- Chapter One. Introduction / B.Z. Wacholder -- Chapter Two. Text And Translation / B.Z. Wacholder -- Chapter Three. Commentary / B.Z. Wacholder -- Chapter Four. Unincorporated Fragments / B.Z. Wacholder -- Bibliography / B.Z. Wacholder -- Index Of Modern Authors / B.Z. Wacholder -- Subject Index / B.Z. Wacholder -- Index Of Ancient Sources / B.Z. Wacholder.

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This volume examines twelve ancient and medieval manuscripts, ten from the caves at Qumran and the two so called Damascus Documents from the Cairo Geniza, presenting a new organization and understanding of these texts. The twelve manuscripts are in a composite form under the title Midrash haTorah haAcharon (MTA), the Midrash of the Eschatological Torah, a title which opens a new window into the understanding of the Jewish literary tradition during the period of the Second Temple, prior to the development of the Talmud and Christianity. Following the composite Hebrew text are a full translation, notes and commentary elucidating the MTA in light of the new evidence provided by these texts and retranslation.

Contains reconstructed text in Hebrew and English, with commentary in English.