![]() ![]() The increased interest in the law produced not only the scribes as a class of teachers, but also the synagogues as places of worship (see SYNAGOGUE). They were also known as teachers of the law, lawyers and rabbis ( Matthew 22:35 Matthew 23:2-7). During the centuries immediately before the Christian era, the scribes grew in power and prestige, and were the chiefly cause of the striking changes that came over the Jewish religion. Although the priests were supposed to be the teachers in Israel ( Deuteronomy 33:10 Malachi 2:7), people now went to the scribes, rather than the priests, when they had problems of the law that they wanted explained. The result was a greater demand for copies of the law, and consequently greater prominence for the scribes ( Nehemiah 8:1-4 Nehemiah 8:8 Nehemiah 9:3).īecause scribes had developed special skills in copying the details of the law exactly, people regarded them as experts on matters of the law ( Ezra 7:6 Ezra 7:10). During the captivity there had been a renewal of interest in the law of Moses, and this increased after the return to Jerusalem. ![]() The religious importance of scribes developed during the period that followed the Jews’ return from captivity in 538 BC and the subsequent reconstruction of the Jewish nation. In the days before mechanical printing, copies of documents, letters, government records and sacred writings were handwritten by skilled secretaries known as scribes ( 1 Kings 4:3 2 Kings 18:18 2 Kings 22:8 Jeremiah 8:8 Jeremiah 38:18 Jeremiah 38:26-27). ![]()
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