Zutta is a homiletic commentary on the whole text, and does not contain any proems; some verses are treated at length, while others are dismissed very briefly, sometimes only one word being discussed.
Other passages are found in the Babylonian Talmud, the Pesiktot, the Midrash Rabbot, the Mekhilta, and the Avot de-Rabbi Natan.
Schechter argues that the 10th-century poet Solomon ben Judah ha-Bavli had this midrash before him, and wove several passages from it into his piyyutim.
Abraham the son of Maimonides calls it "Aggadat Shir haShirim";[11] Recanati cites the same passage quoted by Judah b.
[12] In addition, passages from this midrash are found in Eleazar b. Tobiah's Lekach Tov and Isaac ibn Sahulah's Mashal ha-Kadmoni.
Although these do not mention the name of this midrash, S. Schechter supposes that they probably used ancient homiletic commentaries, among others Shir haShirim Zutta.