Assertion: rabbi | /r/ObjectUse | used are retroactive honorifics
Facets:
value: according to some
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: According to some, the title "rabbi" or "rabban" was first used after 70 CE to refer to Yochanan ben Zakkai and his students, and references in rabbinic texts and the New Testament to rabbis earlier in the 1st century are anachronisms or retroactive honorifics.