He says nothing more for a while, and then asks: "And if it is a Midrash, what has he added to it to deserve praise?"
"Stories and Pictures"
Isaac Loeb Peretz
The plan by which the Clever Lass becomes reconciled to the King, by carrying off what is dearest to her, is found in the Midrash probably as early as the eighth century.
"Europa's Fairy Book"
Joseph Jacobs
He also identifies the Breshith Rabbah quoted with the Midrash Rabbah de Rabbah.
"The Three Additions to Daniel, A Study"
William Heaford Daubney