SCRIBE

''This is about Scribe, the profession. For other uses, see Scribe (disambiguation).

A 'scribe' (or 'scrivener') is an ancient professional whose job involved learned reading and writing, especially within the Renaissance Age. This work usually involved secretarial and administrative duties such as taking of dictation and the keeping of business, judicial and historical records for kings, nobility, temples and cities. Later the profession developed into public servants, journalists, accountants and lawyers. However, present-day journalists and authors tend to be the closest to the ancient profession.
In the Woes of the Pharisees, Jesus considers the hypocritical actions of the scribes to be particularly bad, along with the Pharisees.

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Egyptian scribes

Sofer

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Egyptian scribes

The Ancient Egyptian scribe was an important function, one that developed a tradition of schooling to meet society's needs. The scribal profession also had its companion people who were the painters and artisans who decorated tombs, buildings, furniture, statuary, and other relics with pictures and hieroglyphic text. In Ancient Egypt, the profession was restricted to males.
Being a scribe was very difficult. The scribes had to be efficient at writing the hieroglyphs quickly, and be well-educated in mathematics. They used a type of paper called papyrus, made from the reed of the same name.

Sofer

Main articles: Sofer (scribe)

A Sofer (he: סופר סת”ם) are among the few scribes that still ply their trade by hand. Renowned calligraphers, they produce the Hebrew Torah scrolls and other holy texts by hand to this day.

See also

★ Worshipful Company of Scriveners

★ Elder (religious)

★ Scrivener

★ The Seated Scribe

★ Uncial

★ Notable scribes:

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★ Bartleby the Scrivener

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★ Baruch

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★ Ibn Warraq

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★ John Barbour

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★ John Milton

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★ Margery Kempe

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★ Michael William Balfe

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★ Sidney Rigdon

External links

★ http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13634a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia