Rabbi
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...transformations. In the Talmudic period, rabbis were primarily teachers and interpreters of the Torah. They developed the liturgy, calendar, and other aspects of post-Temple Judaism. During the Middle Ages, the post of rabbi became a professional one, with the incumbent taking on the additional role...