scribes of Judah
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The scribes of Judah were literate officials and scholars from the kingdom of Judah who preserved, edited, and transmitted religious and legal traditions, especially during and after the Babylonian exile.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
group of people
→
literary elite → religious functionaries → scribal class → |
| associatedWith |
Deuteronomistic history
→
Hebrew Bible → Torah traditions → prophetic literature → wisdom literature → |
| country |
Kingdom of Judah
→
|
| culturalContext |
ancient Israelite religion
→
ancient Judahite society → |
| employer |
Jerusalem temple
→
local administrative centers in Judah → royal court of Judah → |
| fieldOfWork |
administration
→
biblical literature → historiography → religious law → textual transmission → |
| hasRole |
copying manuscripts
→
editing of legal traditions → education → interpretation of law → preservation of religious traditions → record keeping → royal administration → transmission of sacred texts → |
| influenced |
development of Jewish law
→
formation of the Hebrew Bible canon → post-exilic Judaism → |
| languageUsed |
Aramaic
→
Hebrew → |
| locatedIn |
Kingdom of Judah
→
|
| occupation |
scribe
→
|
| partOf |
ancient Near Eastern scribal culture
→
|
| religion |
Judaism
→
Yahwism → |
| timePeriod |
Babylonian exile
→
Iron Age Levant → early Second Temple period → late monarchic period of Judah → |
| usedMedium |
ostraca
→
papyrus → parchment → |
| usedScript |
Aramaic script
→
Paleo-Hebrew script → |
| usedTool |
ink
→
reed pen → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Babylonian exile
→
|
hasParticipant |