Scribes

"Do you not know the Feast of Scribes, that is held in Marrakesh and Fez?" he asked.

Morocco S.L. Bensusan

They were called Scribes or writers -- pedants, men of ponderous learning and accurate definitions; from being mere transcribers of the law, they had risen to be its expounders.

Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series Frederick W. Robertson

Now give heed to the principle herein contained: the Scribes were the wise men who prided themselves upon their knowledge; and the

The History and Life of the Reverend Doctor John Tauler with Twenty-Five of his Sermons 1820-1884 1905

These two centuries may fitly be called the school-days of the Jewish nation; the Scribes were the teachers of Jewry.

Jewish History : an essay in the philosophy of history 1900

But the religion which they professed was the true religion; the Scribes were the expounders of the Word of God, and the Pharisees occupied the foremost places in the house of God.

The Preacher and His Models The Yale Lectures on Preaching 1891 James Stalker 1887

: They are called Scribes, not from the employment of writing, but from the interpretation of the Scriptures, for they were doctors of the law.

Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew 1225?-1274 1842

Jerome: He calls the Scribes and Pharisees who are the clergy of the

Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew 1225?-1274 1842

Scribes, that is, the men of the letter [marg. note: literati], who preside over the letter that killeth; and Elders, not in truth, but in the obsolete ancientness of the letter.

Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew 1225?-1274 1842

Thus He does not call the Scribes and Pharisees unrighteous, but speaks of "their righteousness."

Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew 1225?-1274 1842

Jerome: Or the Apostles are called Scribes instructed, as being the

Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew 1225?-1274 1842