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Guess What Not All Scribes Are Writers

By Theresa Harvard Johnson

May 15, 2017

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What we often remember most about the scribes of the Bible – outside of the negative behavior rehearsed among the congregation - is that their contributions to our faith-based culture ensured that we have the work of God and the life of Christ in a tangible, written record. What we don’t often realize, however, is that the scribes in charge of that task were introduced to us first as copyists and recorders.