The books of the Old Testament contain many references to human work and to the individual professions exercised by man: for example, the doctor44, the pharmacist45, the craftsman or artist46, the blacksmith47-we could apply these words to today's foundry-workers-the potter48, the farmer49, the scholar50, the sailor51, the builder52, the musician53, the shepherd54, and the fisherman55.
In Testamenti Veteris libris non desunt multiplices operis hum ani significationes singularumque artium ab homine factitarum: sic, verbi gratia, medici (44), medicamentarii (45), fabri et artificis (46), malleatoris (47), figuli (48) — quae voces hodie referri possunt ad ferri aerisque opificem — agricolae (49), studiosi sapientis (50), navigatoris (51), aedificatoris (52), musici (53), pastoris (54), piscatoris (55).vatican.va vatican.va