To be sure, Ben Sira's "bêt midras " (Sir 51:23 Manuscript B) is normally understood to be a reference to a "school," but this Jewish work derives from the second century b.c.e. For discussion and bibliography of the "scribe" and "school" in Ben Sira, see Rollston (2001).
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