The
Yalqut Reubeni (Collection of Reuben) is a 17th-century collection of
midrashim by Rabbi Reuben Hoschke Kohen first printed at
Prague in 1660.
[Hermann Leberecht Strack, Günter Stemberger, Markus Bockmuehl Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash 1996] The collection includes expansions of Rabbinical
, including the tales of Jannes and Jambres,
[International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament. Congress, John Adney Emerton Leuven, 1989 p398 "In a 17th-century collection of midrashim known as the Yalqut Reubeni, we are told, in comment on Ex. vii 11, that when Jannes and Jambres saw all the signs of Moses they asked to become proselytes"] and
Lilith. Jannes and Jambres are characters from the Book of Exodus. They are the duo of "wise men and sorcerers" who demonstrate similar serpent-themed magic to that of
Aaron. They appear frequently in rabbinical literature.
