We use the title “rabbis” for the people who are the authors of the rabbinic traditions, but they never actually called themselves by this general title, and they weren’t all rabbis. The actual term “rabbi” only became [an] official title after 70 CE, though it was used before that. After 70, individuals were specifically ordained as rabbis, but not before that. Before that, even important individuals like Hillel and Shammai, they weren’t rabbis. These two individuals didn’t have any title, though