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According to Jewish tradition, the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) was written by Divinely-informed prophets, not scribes. The scribes merely produced additional, identical copies of the works which the prophets wrote at God's dictation.

were the only people who can read and write

Scribes used a reed pen to draw pictures on clay tablets. The pointed end of the reed pen would create wedge-shaped marks, known as cuneiform, on the clay surface.

Scribes worked in the Temple.