 A second and a third recension of the midrash were edited, on the basis of manuscript sources, in Jellinek's "B. H.", and a fourth is contained in the Spanish liturgical work "Bet Av".According to Jellinek, "the fourth recension is the oldest, since it has borrowed large portions from the "Hekalot"; next to this stand the second and the third; while the youngest is the first, which, nevertheless, has the advantage of real conformity with the spirit of the race and represents this the best of all.