Doctor: (Luke 2:46; 5:17; Acts 5:34) a teacher. The Jewish doctors taught and
disputed in synagogues, or wherever they could find an audience.
Their disciples were allowed to propose to them questions. They
assumed the office without any appointment to it. The doctors of the
law were principally of the sect of the Pharisees. Schools were
established after the destruction of Jerusalem at Babylon and
Tiberias, in which academical degrees were conferred on those who
passed a certain examination. Those of the school of Tiberias were
called by the title "rabbi," and those of Babylon by that of
"master."
