Scribe

Being an ancient Egyptian scribe had serious health repercussions, study finds

Pyramid scheme? Turns out being an elite Egyptian scribe had a lot of drawbacks.

|ByREBECCA SZLECHTER
Painting from the tomb of Nebamun show the New Kingdom period accountant Nebamun hunting birds in the marshes of Egypt.
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Saving scripture

A project to restore more than 200 IDF Torah scrolls honors the memory of a fallen soldier compared to Bar-Kochba.

|ByTOBY KLEIN GREENWALD
Kalman Gavriel, sofer stam ou scribe juif

Un sofer pas comme les autres

Quand l’art de la plume fait peau neuve et que le scribe se fait calligraphe

|ByRACHEL MYERSON
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Fresh ink

More than 12,000 Rehovot schoolchildren learn about a rare profession as they participate in the writing of a Torah scroll.

|BySHARON KANON

The holiest of crafts

Scribe Avraham Borshevsky takes ‘The Jerusalem Post’ on the painstaking journey of writing a Torah scroll.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010ByJONAH MANDEL
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