 The number of scribes were disputed in the past . According to Kenyon 's opinion there were five scribes , two scribes in the Old Testament ( I and II ) and three in the New ( III , IV , and V ) . Subsequently , Skeat and Milne argued there were only two or possibly three scribes . Present scholars agreed in that case ( Metzger , Aland , Hernández , Jongkind ) . 
