ABSTRACT
The unknown, fifth-century author of Leviticus Rabba 1 has produced a highly individual piece of work, original in conception and executed skillfully and imaginatively. Even though he was but a compiler of traditional material, which he collected and arranged, and although he did not, presumably, create any aggadot of his own—in this respect he was not different from the authors of the other old midrashim—he undoubtedly succeeded in leaving the imprint of his personality on his work.
