Barmmidbar, Rabba

Barmmidbar, Rabba is the title of a Midrash (or exposition) on Numbers. It contains twenty- three chapters. The age of its compilation is uncertain, but internal evidence points to the 11th or 12th century. According to Zunz, the work was written by two different authors. See his Gottesdienstliche Vortrage der Juden (Berlin, 1832), p. 258-262. (B. P.)