In a sense, yes. Moses was commanded by God to write a copy of the law (Torah) as seen in Exd. 24:4 and before his death, Moses stated to the elders in Deut. 27:2-3 to write the words of the law to take with them into the promised land. The priests were the keepers of the writings, and it was commanded in Deut. 17:18 that all future kings were to write a copy of Torah with their own hands and govern according to it.
In modern Israel, there are no scribes (just as there are no scribes in any other modern country). In Ancient Israel, scribes wrote down information for the government bureaucracy. At that time, literacy was incredibly low, so the scribes wrote and read for the leadership.
Scribes were the record keepers for Pharohs and Dignitaries.
They wrote in hieroglyphics.
Scribes were the accountants, clerks, and historians in ancient times, the ones who did the writing (hence their name).
Many if skilled would be classed as scribes
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Professional writers are called scribes, but who they were depended on on what times you are asking about and where. In ancient Egypt, the scribes were important people who were held in high esteem. In ancient Rome, many scribes were slaves. In medieval Europe, most scribes were monks or nuns, but some were commercial writers for hire or private secretaries of rich people.
The civil servant from Ancient Egypt is called scribes or sekhau.
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Because in Ancient Egyptian Times, Scribes were Important People. Being a scribe you were highly respected and prized for your skills. Scribes were rich and powerful members of society, a bit like parents today wanting their children to be a surgeon or a barister.
ancient Egyptian scribes had to write in hieroglyphics on papyrus, as a way of communication. most scribes worked for pharaoh's.
artisans and scribes belonged to the upper middle-class in ancient Egypt.