The editor arranged the teachings in the sequence of the Scripture passages to which they refer.
Only once[9] does he quote a teaching from Talmud Bavli (Eruvin 64a), which he introduces with the words "Taman amrin" (They say there).
Zunz assigns him to the first half of the 11th century, although the reasons which he gives for this assumption have been refuted by S.
[11] Strack & Stemberger (1991) indicate that the work was composed much earlier than the 11th century (although later revised), since it is cited by Samuel ben Hofni, Nissim Gaon, and other early sources.
An 1893 edition was produced by Solomon Buber, with introduction and notes (Cracow).