George Foot Moore
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George Foot Moore (October 15, 1851 – May 16, 1931) He graduated from Yale University in 1872, where he was a member of Skull and Bones.[1]:31 He was awarded the highest theological qualifiction – the D.D..[2] He was Professor Emeritus 1928–31, Frothingham Professor of History Religion 1904–28, Professor of Theology, Harvard University, 1902–04; President 1899–1901, Professor of Hebrew, Andover Theological Seminary,[2] 1883–1902. He was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
An eminent Asian scholar and a noted teacher, he wrote a number of books, including The Literature of the Old Testament (1913),History of Religions (Vol. I, 1913; Vol. II, 1919), Metempsychosis (The Ingersoll Lecture, 1914), and Judaism in the First Centuries of the Christian Era (1927). Among his technical writings, two stand out: History of Religions (1914, 1919) and Judaism (two volumes, 1927). He also contributed to the Encyclopaedia Biblica
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- ^ "Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University Deceased during the Year 1930-1931". Yale University. 1 December 1931. http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1930-31.pdf. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
- ^ a b Encyclopaedia Biblica (1903), list of contributors
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