Dear Milhouse,
A medrash that is quoting whole sections of other midrashim was compiled later. Also, when the names are random and not chronological, it means that it was not put together in person. Third, when there is no mention of the activity of the Beis Medrash, that means it was done in private. I hope we could agree that no Jew would have the audacity to publish an anonymous private work, when the Yeshivos in Bavel were thriving as the Torah Centers of the World.
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