In a largely illiterate society, scribes are frequently something like middle class.
No, only higher class people,clerks,scribes, the Pharoahknew ( learned )how to write
They had what is pictured like a pyramid. On the top would be the Pharaoh, on the upper middle class, there were the scribes, noblemen and shop keepers. And in the lower class there were the farmers.
Scribes were the people trained to read and write
Scribes worked in the Temple.
In a largely illiterate society, scribes are frequently something like middle class.
artisans and scribes belonged to the upper middle-class in ancient Egypt.
I believe rabbis CAN be scribes.
They were in the middle. They weren't high class, and certainly weren't in the low class.
They were the Traders, Artisans, Shopkeepers, and Scribes
the scribes fools
The Middle Kingdom
scribes, artisans, and merchants
I believe they were of the middle class; they were slightly lower on the priestly hierachy than the Sadducees, who were of the upper class. The Scribes and the Pharisees were both middle-class, according to my notes.
The lower class Egyptians were made up of Slaves, peasants, and workers people such as farmers and scribes.
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