The origins of the Academic Title: a note to Catherine Hezser
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Abstract
According to the Talmudic description, the Semikhah (the ordination of rabbis) as practiced in Judea in the period between the end of the 1st century and the beginning of the 2nd century AD could be considered precursory to the academic title.
