Scribes" these are from the bible to study by or to use for a essay of some sort in this case it was a short essay but you can use it for anything
Title: Scribes" these are from the bible to study by or to use for a essay of some sort in this case it was a short essay but you can use it for anything
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Scribes" these are from the bible to study by or to use for a essay of some sort in this case it was a short essay but you can use it for anything
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 6842 | Pages: 25 (approximately 235 words/page)
Scribes
(Greek grammateis, nomodidaschaloi, teachers of the law).
In the New-Testament period the scribes were the professional interpreters of the Law in the Jewish synagogues. The origin of the profession dates from the return of the Captivity, and its subsequent growth and importance resulted naturally from the formal and legalistic trend of Jewish piety during the post-Exilic period. The Law was revered as the precise expression of God's will, and by its multifarious prescriptions the
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d purified before use in any sacred function (Jos., "Ant.", XVIII, iv, 3). On the day of atonement, according to Lev., xvi, 4, the high-priest wore pure linen, but Josephus says he wore his golden vestments (Bell. Jud., V, v, 7), and to reconcile the two Edersheim thinks that the rich robes were used at the beginning of the ceremony and changed for the linen vestments before the high-priest entered the Holy of Holies