Possible Clues:

• Jewish scholar's underwear taken in robbery
• Person skilled in an ancient Semitic language
• Religious student, he is apprehended by whippersnapper
• Tribe has bewildered language expert
• Linguistic scholar grabbing lingerie in robbery
• Is a scholar ultimately relaxed with Beth, being this?
• During robbery one holding up scholar
• Ambassador's support is initially tentative for linguist
• Scholar's supporter caught up in robbery