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George Foot Moore
1851–1931
A pioneering historian of religion, he helped bring the study of Judaism and comparative religion into modern academic life in the United States. His writing is remembered for its range, clarity, and deep knowledge of ancient sources.
2 Audiobooks
The Covenanters of Damascus; A Hitherto Unknown Jewish Sect
by George Foot Moore
The Literature of the Old Testament
by George Foot Moore
About the author
Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1851, George Foot Moore was an American scholar, Presbyterian minister, and historian of religion. He studied at Yale and Union Theological Seminary, was ordained in 1878, and early in his career served both in ministry and in theological education.
Moore taught Hebrew at Andover Theological Seminary before joining Harvard, where he became one of the leading American scholars in the history of religion. Reference works describe him as especially important for his study of the Old Testament, Judaism, and rabbinic literature, and as a major figure in shaping the academic study of religion.
He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1931. Readers still turn to his work for its careful scholarship and for the way it connected biblical studies, Jewish tradition, and the wider history of religions.