Morris Jastrow, Jr.

Morris Jastrow, Jr., Ph. D. (August 13, 1861 – June 22, 1921) was an American orientalist, the son of Marcus Jastrow.

Biography

He was born in Warsaw, came to Philadelphia in 1866 when his father, Marcus Jastrow, accepted a position as Rabbi of Congregation Rodeph Shalom. He graduated at Penn in 1881. He traveled to Europe and studied at Leipzig and Paris after which, in 1885, he returned to the United States and became a professor of Semitic languages and a librarian at Penn.

He contributed articles, and was one of the editors of the Jewish Publication Society's Jewish Encyclopedia. (1901-1906), as well as a contributor to the Encyclopaedia Biblica (1903). He was president of the American Oriental Society 1914-15, and president of the Society of Biblical Literature in 1916. He died in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.

Works

• The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria. Boston: Ginn & Company. 1898. http://www.archive.org/details/religionofbabylo00jastuoft. 
  • (in German) Die Religion Babyloniens und Assyriens. 1. Giessen: J. Ricker'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. 1905. pp. 550. http://www.archive.org/stream/diereligionbaby00jastgoog#page/n7/mode/2up. 
    Volume 2 was published in 1912.
• The Study of Religion. The Contemporary Science Series. London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd.. 1902. http://www.archive.org/details/studyofreligion014276mbp.  (also published NYC: Charles Scribner's Sons)
• Aspects of Religious Belief and Practice in Babylonia and Assyria. American Lectures on the History of Religions. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1911. http://www.archive.org/details/aspectsofreligio00jast. 
• Hebrew and Babylonian Traditions. Haskell Lectures at Oberlin. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1913; revised, 1914. http://www.archive.org/details/hebrewandbabylon00jastuoft. 
• The Civil Law of Babylonia and Assyria (1915)
• The War and the Baghdad Railroad. Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company. 1917. http://www.archive.org/details/warandthebagdadr001985mbp. 
• The War and the Coming Peace. Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company. 1918. http://www.archive.org/details/warandthebagdadr001985mbp. 
• A Gentle Cynic. Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company. 1919. http://www.archive.org/details/gentlecynicbeing00jastuoft. 
• Zionism and the Future of Palestine: The Fallacies and Dangers of Political Zionism. New York: Macmillan Company. 1919. http://www.archive.org/stream/zionismandfutur00jastgoog#page/n6/mode/1up.  LCCN 19-010235
• The Book Of Job Its Origin Growth And Interpretation Together With A New Translation Based On A Revised Text. Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company. 1920. http://www.archive.org/details/bookofjobitsorig002921mbp. 
• The Eastern Question and its Solution (1920)
• The Song of Songs. Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company. 1921. http://www.archive.org/details/songofsongsbeing00jatruoft. 

He edited the Aramaic text of the grammatical treatises of Abu Zakariyya Hayyug (1897); Selected Essays of James Darmesteter (with a memoir; translation of the essays by Mrs. Morris Jastrow, Jr., 1895); and a series of Handbooks on the History of Religion.

References

• "DR. MORRIS JASTROW JR. DIES SUDDENLY AT 60". The New York Times. 1921-06-23. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C03E6D61631EF33A25750C2A9609C946095D6CF. Retrieved 2009-02-27. 
•  "Jastrow, Morris". Encyclopædia Britannica (12th ed.). 1922. 

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