History · 14 · Hoshayahu
Be a scribe, not a soldier
An Egyptian school text mocks the soldier's life: promised glory, he dies at the edge of the desert with no one to remember his name. The scribe gets a mansion and a grave at home.
The pen outlives the sword.
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Scribal skill fueled the growth of kingdoms and empires, and the best posts were in the palace, temple, and army. The biblical scribes took that same training and turned it to a new purpose.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 225
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