amanuensis
Noun
Meaning
A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written.
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As a teenager he was his father’s amanuensis and was regularly seen debating theological issues with the learned men of the area.
It is argued that these differences can come by human variability, such as by growth in theological knowledge over time, different occasion for writing, as well as use of different secretaries (or amanuensis ) in composition.
The most common positions below that are førsteamanuensis (translated as Associate Professor), and amanuensis or universitetslektor (translated as Lecturer or Assistant Professor).