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-	'''Amanuensis''' (~~{{pron-en\|~~əˌmænjuːˈɛnsɪs}}) is a Latin word adopted in various languages, including English, for certain persons performing a function by hand, either writing down the words of another or performing manual labour. The term is derived from a [[Latin]] expression which may be literally translated as "manual labourer".	+	'''Amanuensis''' (əˌmænjuːˈɛnsɪs) is a Latin word adopted in various languages, including English, for certain persons performing a function by hand, either writing down the words of another or performing manual labour. The term is derived from a [[Latin]] expression which may be literally translated as "manual labourer".

	==Origin and secretarial uses==		==Origin and secretarial uses==

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'''Amanuensis''' ({{pron-en|əˌmænjuːˈɛnsɪs}}) is a Latin word adopted in various languages, including English, for certain persons performing a function by hand, either writing down the words of another or performing manual labour. The term is derived from a [[Latin]] expression which may be literally translated as "manual labourer".

==Origin and secretarial uses==
The word originated in ancient Rome, for a [[slave]] at his master's personal service 'within hand reach', performing any command; later it was specifically applied to an intimately trusted servant (often a [[freedman]]) acting as a personal secretary.

A similar semantic evolution occurred at the French royal court, where the ''secrétaire de la main du roi'', originally a lowly clerk specializing in producing, at royal command, the Sovereign's signature on more documents than he cared to put his pen to, developed into the ''secrétaires d'état'', the first permanent portfolio [[minister (government)|minister]]s, to which the British [[Secretaries of State]] would be the counterpart.

The term is often used interchangeably with ''[[secretary]]'' or ''[[scribe]]''.

==Academic uses==
It is also used in a specific sense in some [[academic]] contexts, for instance when an [[injury|injured]] or [[disability|disabled]] person is helped by an amanuensis at a written [[examination]]. A notable case in classical music was that of [[Eric Fenby]], who assisted the blind composer [[Frederick Delius]] in writing down the notes that Delius dictated.

In the Netherlands it refers to a (technically schooled) [[physics]] or [[chemistry]] laboratory assistant responsible for preparing and assisting with tests and maintaining the instruments. When employed as such in a school environment s/he will have the title of "TOA" ("technisch-onderwijsassistent", i.e. Technical Teaching Assistant).

In [[Norway]], ''amanuensis'' is an [[academic rank#Norway|academic rank]] of a lecturer without a doctorate, and this title is going out of use. ''Førsteamanuensis'' ([[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] for "first amanuensis") is the equivalent of [[associate professor]].

In [[Sweden]], ''amanuens'' is used to denote roughly a teaching assistant at university who continues with his own scientific work, or a civil servant at archives or museums.<sup>[1]</sup>

The term is also used to describe one who assists an organist during a performance, by drawing and retiring stops, and by turning pages.

==Job titles==
On the other hand, certain employers use the term for (generally unskilled) manual labourers at the bottom of the hierarchy, for example as [[factotum]]. During the 19th and early 20th century, an amanuensis was the job title for male secretaries who were employed by the railroad or ship to be available for travelers who required services on route.

==Notes==

* 1 [http://www.ne.se/ ''Nationalenkylopedin'', online encyclopedia]

==References==
''Non-English language sources'':
*Bokmålsordboken (official [[Norwegian language]] dictionary)
*Pauly-Wissowa (Encyclopaedia on classical antiquity, in German)
*Larousse (General Encyclopaedia in French)

''English language sources'':
*Aland, Kurt. “The Problem of Anonymity and Pseudonymity in Christian Literature of the First Two Centuries.” ''[[Journal of Theological Studies]]'' 12 (1961): 39–49.
*Bahr, Gordon J. “Paul and Letter Writing in the First Century.” ''[[Catholic Biblical Quarterly]]'' 28 (1966): 465–77. idem, “The Subscriptions in the Pauline Letters.” ''[[Journal of Biblical Literature]]'' 2 (1968): 27–41.
*Bauckham, Richard J. “Pseudo-Apostolic Letters.” ''[[Journal of Biblical Literature]]'' 107 (1988): 469–94.
*Carson, D.A. “Pseudonymity and Pseudepigraphy.” ''Dictionary of New Testament Background''. Eds. Craig A. Evans and Stanley E. Porter. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2000. 857–64.
*Cousar, Charles B. ''The Letters of Paul''. Interpreting Biblical Texts. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996.
*[[Gustav Adolf Deissmann|Deissmann, G. Adolf]]. ''Bible Studies''. Trans. Alexander Grieve. 1901. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1988.
*Doty, William G. ''Letters in Primitive Christianity''. Guides to Biblical Scholarship. New Testament. Ed. Dan O. Via, Jr. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1988.
*Gamble, Harry Y. “Amanuensis.” ''Anchor Bible Dictionary''. Vol. 1. Ed. David Noel Freedman. New York: Doubleday, 1992.
*Haines-Eitzen, Kim. “‘Girls Trained in Beautiful Writing’: Female Scribes in Roman Antiquity and Early Christianity.” ''[[Journal of Early Christian Studies]]'' 6.4 (1998): 629–46.
*Longenecker, Richard N. “Ancient Amanuenses and the Pauline Epistles.” ''New Dimensions in New Testament Study''. Eds. Richard N. Longenecker and [[Merrill C. Tenney]]. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1974. 281–97. idem, “On the Form, Function, and Authority of the New Testament Letters.” ''Scripture and Truth''. Eds. D.A. Carson and John D. Woodbridge. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1983. 101–14.
*Murphy-O’Connor, Jerome. ''Paul the Letter-Writer: His World, His Options, His Skills''. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 1995.
*Richards, E. Randolph. ''The Secretary in the Letters of Paul''. Tübingen: Mohr, 1991. idem, “The Codex and the Early Collection of Paul’s Letters.” ''Bulletin for Biblical Research'' 8 (1998): 151–66. idem, ''Paul and First-Century Letter Writing: Secretaries, Composition, and Collection''. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2004.
*Robson, E. Iliff. “Composition and Dictation in New Testament Books.” ''[[Journal of Theological Studies]]'' 18 (1917): 288–301.
*Stowers, Stanley K. ''Letter Writing in Greco-Roman Antiquity''. Library of Early Christianity. Vol. 8. Ed. Wayne A. Meeks. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1989.
*Wall, Robert W. “Introduction to Epistolary Literature.” ''New Interpreter’s Bible''. Vol. 10. Ed. Leander E. Keck. Nashville: Abingdon, 2002. 369–91.

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