Anan was a Babylonian amora of the 3rd century. The collection of baraitot concerning him, referred to in this midrash, is cited in the Babylonian Talmud under the title "Tanna debei Eliyahu" (see below), and the utterances in question are found in the midrash itself. Tosafot say that the midrash consists of a large book and a small one.Tosafot to Ketubot 106a, s.v. והיינו R. Nathan ben Jehiel says: "The midrash contains baraitot which the prophet taught to Anan, and consists of two parts, a large seder with 30 chapters, and a small seder with 12 chapters; and all of the Tanna debe Eliyahu cited in the Talmud is to be found in these baraitot."In his Arukh (s.v. סדר, 2) The inner connection between these two midrashim is a loose one, and it is only in sections 5 to 10 that the second refers to the first.
