 But a scribe was someone who could write and thus was learned, and he had the job of teaching the law. He could also refer to a town clerk, but it was essentially someone who was very learned in the law. So if you wonder what a scribe is, it isn't just somebody who writes. That's from the Latin word scribere, which means to write. All right, all that said, let us go to phones. This is Smart, Maxwell Smart.